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Circular dichroism (CD) spectra were measured for cytochromes P-450 (P-450) purified from phenobarbital- and 3-methylcholanthrene-induced rabbit liver microsomes. No striking difference in alpha-helix content was seen between phenobarbital-induced P-450 (PB P-450) (50%), phenobarbital-induced P-448 (PB P-448) (40%) and 3-methylcholanthrene-induced P-448 (MC P-448) (45--50%) in terms of ultraviolet CD spectra. Strong negative CD spectra associated with 3-methylcholanthrene transitions for MC P-448 in the near-ultraviolet region (250--310 nm) and weaker negative CD spectra associated with Soret transitions for PBP-448 ([theta] = 50 000) and MCP-448 ([theta] = 160 000), indicated that structures of these preparations are strikingly different from each other. Reduction of P-450 and P-448 led to a remarkable decrease of the Soret CD trough, suggesting that reduction was accompanied by a striking conformational change in the vicinity of the heme. Since CO complexes of reduced P-450 and P-448 showed a CD trough and an S-shaped CD, respectively, associated with the absorption peak at 450 nm, the heme vicinities are remarkably different from each other. The CD spectra in the visible region are also discussed. It was noticed that P-420, the denatured form of P-450, exhibited no CD spectra in the Soret and visible regions.
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