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  • Title: Covalent binding of benzo[a]pyrene to rat liver cytosolic proteins and its effect on the binding to microsomal proteins.
    Author: Schelin C, Tunek A, Jergil B.
    Journal: Biochem Pharmacol; 1983 May 01; 32(9):1501-6. PubMed ID: 6305370.
    Abstract:
    Benzo[a]pyrene will bind covalently to rat liver cytosolic proteins when incubated with microsomes and NADPH. The binding is most extensive when microsomes from 3-methylcholanthrene-treated rather than phenobarbital-treated or control rats are used. The binding to cytosolic proteins increases when incubations are performed with increasing concentrations of cytosol. At the same time the covalent binding of benzo[a]pyrene to microsomal proteins decreases. Two cytosolic polypeptides are the main targets for benzo[a]pyrene. These have the same mobility in polyacrylamide gels as the subunits of purified glutathione S-transferase B. These subunits also react covalently with benzo[a]pyrene when the transferase is incubated with microsomes and NADPH.
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