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 language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 17-20 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | FEBS Letters |
Volume | 264 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 7 May 1990 |
Keywords
- Electron transfer
- Mitochrondria
- NADH-ubiquinone reductase
- Ubisemiquinone