TABLE 1

Parathion and chlorpyrifos metabolism by recombinant human P450s

Kinetic values are given for the metabolism of parathion and chlorpyrifos by recombinant human P450s. Values represent the mean ± S.E.M. of a n = 3, b n = 4, or c n = 6 experiments.


Cytochrome P450

K m

V max

Vmax/Km (CLint)

K m

V max

Vmax/Km (CLint)


Paraoxon Formation


PNP Formation

μM pmol/min/nmol P450 μM pmol/min/nmol P450
1A2a 1.63 ± 0.13 6131 ± 90.1 3.755 2.15 ± 0.16 5656 ± 83.9 2.637
2B6b 0.61 ± 0.08 4827 ± 134 7.875 0.74 ± 0.10 1804 ± 46.4 2.447
2C9a 9.78 ± 1.63 1140 ± 47.7 0.117 12.1 ± 4.01 742 ± 63.3 0.061
2C19a 0.56 ± 0.04 4879 ± 73.7 8.705 0.60 ± 0.09 2338 ± 65.4 3.872
3A4a 65.5 ± 6.83 14,009 ± 767 0.214 31.2 ± 2.40 15,738 ± 488 0.504
3A5b 43.2 ± 27.1 2020 ± 540 0.047 68.2 ± 121 1175 ± 1039 0.017
3A7a



37.3 ± 10.6
1739 ± 201
0.047


Chlorpyrifos Oxon Formation


TCP Formation

1A2c 0.38 ± 0.53 1193 ± 143 3.131 0.63 ± 0.33 892 ± 51.7 1.416
2B6a 0.81 ± 0.12 12,544 ± 418 15.560 2.09 ± 0.79 1545 ± 132 0.740
2C19b 1.23 ± 1.20 2470 ± 485 2.013 1.63 ± 1.09 13,128 ± 2296 8.075
3A4a 27.3 ± 5.04 11,946 ± 941 0.437 33.4 ± 10.0 12,667 ± 1758 0.379
3A5a 16.6 ± 2.25 2569 ± 122 0.155 23.9 ± 9.87 2141 ± 354 0.090
3A7a
34.0 ± 24.0
794 ± 252
0.023