Coupling site I and the rotenone-sensitive ubisemiquinone in tightly coupled submitochondrial particles

A. B. Kotlyar, V. D. Sled, D. Sh Burbaev, I. A. Moroz, A. D. Vinogradov

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Abstract

The rotenone-sensitive g = 2.00 low temperature EPR signal attributed to ubisemiquinone is observed in submitochondrial particles during coupled electron transfer from NADH to oxygen and from succinate to NAD+. The signal is seen only in the presence of oligomycin added to induce the respiratory control (7-9 with NADH and 3-4 with succinate) and it disappears in the presence of uncouplers (CCCP or gramicidin D). No reduction of the iron-sulfur center N-2 in the presence of 20 mM succinate and cyanide is observed, thus suggesting that N-2 is not in equilibrium with the ubiquinone pool. A hypothesis is proposed on 7Delta;smH+ generation coupled with electron transfer between iron-sulfur center N-2 and the ubiquinone pool.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)17-20
Number of pages4
JournalFEBS Letters
Volume264
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 7 May 1990

Keywords

  • Electron transfer
  • Mitochrondria
  • NADH-ubiquinone reductase
  • Ubisemiquinone

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