Enosawa S, Ohashi A
Anal Biochem. 1987 Jan;160(1):211-6. doi: 10.1016/0003-2697(87)90632-4.
A method for assaying the covalent attachment of heme to apoprotein of cytochrome c was developed. 125I-labeled apoprotein was chemically prepared from 125I-labeled yeast cytochrome c (iso-1-cytochrome c). After incubation of 125I-apocytochrome c with yeast mitochondria, the product was extracted with Triton X-100, digested with trypsin in the presence or absence of a reducing agent, and then precipitated in trichloroacetic acid. The resulting precipitates were collected on nitrocellulose membranes and counted for radioactivity. The radioactivity correlated well with the appearance of a heme-containing peptide in the trypsin digested peptide fragments of cytochrome c. This procedure is simpler and faster than the previously reported methods.