Abstract
Ubiquinone derivatives modulate the mammalian mitochondrial Permeability Transition Pore (PTP). Yeast mitochondria harbor a similar structure: the respiration- and ATP-induced Saccharomyces cerevisiae Mitochondrial Unselective Channel ( Sc MUC). Here we show that decylubiquinone, a well-characterized inhibitor of the PTP, suppresses Sc MUC opening in diverse strains and independently of respiratory chain modulation or redox-state. We also found that naturally occurring derivatives such as hexaprenyl and decaprenyl ubiquinones lacked effects on the Sc MUC. The PTP-inactive ubiquinone 5 (Ub5) promoted the Sc MUC-independent activation of the respiratory chain in most strains tested. In an industrial strain however, Ub5 blocked the protection elicited by dUb. The results indicate the presence of a ubiquinone-binding site in the Sc MUC.
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