Abstract
Submitochondrial particles obtained from beef heart mitochondria by sonic disruption accumulated Ca++ during DPNH oxidation but not during succinate oxidation. Rotenone or antimycin inhibited the accumulation of Ca++. Oxidation of DPNH but not of succinate was stimulated 4 to 5 fold by Ca++. Uncouplers such as carbonylcyanide phenylhydrazone did not stimulate the oxidation of either DPNH or succinate and did not prevent the accumulation of Ca++. These findings could not be explained by a lack of energy production with succinate as substrate, since both DPNH and succinate catalyzed oxidative phosphorylation with P:O ratios of 1.0 and 0.6 respectively.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 450-456 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 17 Nov 1967 |
| Externally published | Yes |