Effect of phosphatidylglycerol on the incorporation process of cytochrome P-450 in liposomes from dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine
Akhrem, A.A.; Gurinovich, N.A.; Kisel', M.A.; Kiselev, P.A.
Biokhimiia 50(1): 97-101
1985
ISSN/ISBN: 0320-9725 PMID: 2983785 Document Number: 255040
Using the electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) method with spin-labeled fatty acids and gel-penetrating chromatography, the effect of phosphatidylglycerol on cytochrome P-450 incorporation into liposomes from dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine was investigated. An addition of phosphatidylglycerol caused an increase in the protein content of the proteoliposomes as well as their accelerated formation at temperatures below and above the liposome phase transition temperature (Ts). The dependence of the proteoliposome formation rate on the phosphatidylglycerol content in the liposome mixture is described by complex kinetics with a maximum in the presence of 10 mol.% of the negatively charged phospholipid. The mechanism of proteoliposome formation is discussed in terms of asymmetric distribution and phase state of the phospholipids in the original vesicles.