title: Cumene hydroperoxide supported demethylation of N,N-dimethylaniline by cytochrome P-450 from adrenal cortex mitochondria.
abstract: The interaction of highly purified cytochrome P-450 from bovine adrenal cortex mitochondria (cytochrome P-450scc) with N,N-dimethylaniline (DMA), aniline, N-dimethylcyclohexylamine and cumene hydroperoxide (CHP) has been investigated. The formation of complexes between cytochrome P-450scc and the above listed compounds could be demonstrated. The reaction of oxidative demethylation of DMA by cumene hydroperoxide involving cytochrome P-450scc has been carried out at 37 degrees C; the mechanism of this process is discussed. Incubation of cytochrome P-450scc with negatively charged phospholipids, phosphatidylglycerol (PG), and phosphatidylinosite (PI) exerts an inhibiting effect on the reaction of oxidative demethylation. The interaction of cytochrome P-450scc with CHP is accompanied by hemoprotein destruction in a complex biphasic way. The process of oxidative demethylation of DMA in the system of cytochrome P-450scc-CHP has been concluded to have a predominantly radical character.
mesh_terms: D000302:Adrenal Cortex / Q000378:metabolism*; D000814:Aniline Compounds / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D001555:Benzene Derivatives / Q000378:metabolism*; D002417:Cattle; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D000814:Aniline Compounds; D001555:Benzene Derivatives; C015157:N,N-dimethylaniline; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System; C007164:cumene hydroperoxide