Conformational coupling in H+-pumps and ATP synthesis ? its analysis with anisotropic inhibitors of energy transduction in oxidative phosphorylation

1984 ◽  
Vol 61 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomihiko Higuti
Keyword(s):  
Oxidative Phosphorylation ◽  
Atp Synthesis ◽  
Energy Transduction ◽  
Its Analysis ◽  
Conformational Coupling

On the mechanism of ATP synthesis in oxidative phosphorylation: A review

1974 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
John H. Young ◽  
Ephraim F. Korman ◽  
Jerome McLick
Keyword(s):  
Oxidative Phosphorylation ◽  
Atp Synthesis

scholarly journals Effect of 3,5-di-iodo-L-thyronine on the mitochondrial energy-transduction apparatus

1998 ◽  
Vol 330 (1) ◽  
pp. 521-526 ◽  
Author(s):  
Assonta LOMBARDI ◽  
Antonia LANNI ◽  
Maria MORENO ◽  
D. Martin BRAND ◽  
Fernando GOGLIA
Keyword(s):  
Cytochrome C ◽  
Mitochondrial Respiration ◽  
Atp Synthesis ◽  
Substrate Oxidation ◽  
Energy Transduction ◽  
Energy Utilization ◽  
Proton Leak ◽  
Elasticity Analysis ◽  
Top Down ◽  
Respiratory State

We examined the effect of a single injection of 3,5-di-iodo-l-thyronine (3,5-T2) (150 μg/100 g body weight) on the rat liver mitochondrial energy-transduction apparatus. We applied ‘top-down’ elasticity analysis, which allows identification of the site of action of an effector within a metabolic pathway. This kinetic approach considers oxidative phosphorylation as two blocks of reactions: those generating the mitochondrial inner-membrane potential (Δψ; ‘substrate oxidation’) and those ‘consuming’ it (‘proton leak’ and ‘phosphorylating system’). The results show that 1 h after the injection of 3,5-T2, state 4 (respiratory state in which there is no ATP synthesis and the exogenous ADP added has been exhausted) and state 3 (respiratory state in which ATP synthesis is at maximal rate) of mitochondrial respiration were significantly increased (by approx. 30%). ‘Top-down’ elasticity analysis revealed that these increases were due to the stimulation of reactions involved in substrate oxidation; neither ‘proton leak’ nor the ‘phosphorylating system’ was influenced by 3,5-T2. Using the same approach we divided the respiratory chain into two blocks of reactions: cytochrome c reducers and cytochrome c oxidizers. We found that both cytochrome c reducers and cytochrome c oxidizers are targets for 3,5-T2. The rapidity with which 3,5-T2 acts in stimulating the mitochondrial respiration rate suggests to us that di-iodo-L-thyronine may play an important role in the physiological conditions in which rapid energy utilization is required, such as cold exposure or overfeeding.

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