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Abstract
Bovine heart mitochondria which have been allowed to swell in isotonic NH4+ phosphate contract in response to initiation of oxidative phosphorylation. The contraction occurs optimally at pH 6.0 and appears from inhibition studies to result from Pi uptake being slower than removal of internal Pi via phosphorylation of external ADP. Similar results are obtained when K+ + nigericin is substituted for NH4+. Mersalyl inhibition of Pi transport in respiring, nonphosphorylating mitochondria which have been allowed to swell in NH4+ phosphate reveals a contractile process having an alkaline pH optimum. This contraction resembles closely the contraction observed in salts of strong acids and presumably occurs by electrophoretic ejection of Pi anions driven by electrogenic H+ ejection.Entities:
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Year: 1978 PMID: 556069 DOI: 10.1007/bf00743053
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Bioenerg Biomembr ISSN: 0145-479X Impact factor: 2.945