Abstract
A study is presented of the kinetics and stoichiometry of fast proton translocation associated to aerobic oxidation of components of the mitochondrial respiratory chain. 1. 1. Aerobic oxidation of ubiquinol and b cytochromes is accompanied in EDTA particles, obtained by sonication of beef-heart mitochondria, by synchronous proton uptake. 2. 2. The rapid proton uptake associated to oxidation of ubiquinol and b cytochromes is greatly stimulated by valinomycin plus K +, but is unaffected by carbonyl cyanide p-trifluoromethoxyphenylhydrazone. 3. 3. 4 gion H + are taken up per mol ubiquinol oxidized by oxygen. This H +/2e− ratio, measured in the rapid anaerobic-aerobic transition of the particles is unaffected by carbonyl cyanide p-trifluoromethoxyphenylhydrazone. 4. 4. In intact mitochondria aerobic oxidation of oxygen-terminal electron carriers is accompanied by antimycin-insensitive synchronous proton release, oxidation of ubiquinol and reduction of b cytochromes. The amount of protons released is in excess with respect to the amount of ubiquinol oxidized. 5. 5. It is concluded that electron flow along complex III, from ubiquinol to cytochrome c, is directly coupled to vectorial proton translocation. The present data suggest that there exist(s) between ubiquinol and cytochrome c one (or two) respiratory carrier(s), whose oxido-reduction is directly linked to effective transmembrane proton translocation.
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