The effect of energization on the apparent Michaelis-Mentne constant for oxygen in mitochondrial respiration - PubMed (original) (raw)

The effect of energization on the apparent Michaelis-Mentne constant for oxygen in mitochondrial respiration

L C Petersen et al. Biochem J. 1974 Aug.

Abstract

Lineweaver-Burk plots of 1/v against 1/[O(2)] for rat liver mitochondrial respiration with succinate or ascorbate+NNN'N'-tetramethyl-p-phenylenediamine as substrates are non-linear. In state 3u (uncoupled by trifluoromethoxycarbonyl cyanide phenylhydrazone) such plots tend to be concave upward, whereas in state 4 (energized) the plots were concave downward. The apparent K(m) for oxygen is larger in state 4 than in state 3u, despite the higher turnover in the latter system. It is postulated that at least one reversible reaction occurs between cytochrome c and cytochrome c oxidase, whose rate is increased on energization (reversed electron transfer); a model including such a reaction is proposed which accounts semiquantitatively for the observations.

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