was proportional to the acidity of the imidazole -NH group. Tetrachloro-2trifluoromethylbenzimidazole was the most active (50% uncoupling of oxidative phosphorylation at 7-9 x 10-8M, pK5.04). Nitro-substituted analogues were less active than predicted from pK considerations or from partition-coefficient measurements. 3. Introduction of an -NH2 or -CO2H substituent caused a loss of uncoupling ac...

The demonstration by Martius and Nitz-Litzow (4), and Martius (5), that vitamin K1 may play a functional role in oxidative phosphorylation in animals has led to an increased interest in the participation of vitamin Ki and related quinones in electron transport, oxidative phosphorylation, and photosynthetic phosphorylation. Since vitamin K1 is altered by the action of ultraviolet radiation (6), ...

The demonstration by Martius and Nitz-Litzow (4), and Martius (5), that vitamin K1 may play a functional role in oxidative phosphorylation in animals has led to an increased interest in the participation of vitamin Ki and related quinones in electron transport, oxidative phosphorylation, and photosynthetic phosphorylation. Since vitamin K1 is altered by the action of ultraviolet radiation (6), ...

We investigated the oxidative phosphorylation efficiency of liver and gastrocnemius muscle mitochondria in thermoneutral and cold-acclimated ducklings. The yield of oxidative phosphorylation was lower in muscle than in liver mitochondria, a difference that was associated with a higher proton conductance in muscle mitochondria. Cold exposure did not affect oxidative phosphorylation efficiency or...

The relative contributions of glycolysis and oxidative phosphorylation to neuronal presynaptic energy demands are unclear. In rat hippocampal neurons, ATP production by either glycolysis or oxidative phosphorylation alone sustained basal evoked synaptic transmission for up to 20 min. However, combined inhibition of both ATP sources abolished evoked transmission. Neither action potential propaga...

While studying the functions of CCM3/PDCD10, a gene encoding an adaptor protein whose mutation results in vascular malformations, we have found that it is involved in a novel response to oxidative stress that results in phosphorylation and activation of the ezrin/radixin/moesin (ERM) family of proteins. This phosphorylation protects cells from accidental cell death induced by oxidative stress. ...

Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) exhibits remarkable metabolic flexibility that enables it to survive a plethora of host environments during its life cycle. With the advent of bedaquiline for treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, oxidative phosphorylation has been validated as an important target and a vulnerable component of mycobacterial metabolism. Exploiting the dependence of Mtb o...

During recent studies of oxidative phosphorylation in rat liver mitochondria (2, 3)) we observed that preparations isolated with meticulous care catalyzed a significant uptake of inorganic orthophosphate in the absence of any added substrate. Although incidental observations of endogenous activity of isolated mitochondria have been noted by others (P9), no extensive study of this phenomenon has...

introduction: increased oxidative stress is widely accepted to be a factor in the development and progression of alzheimer’s disease. triazine derivatives possess a wide range of pharmacological activities including anti-oxidative and anti-in.ammatory actions. in this study, we aimed to investigate the possible protective effect of 3-thioethyl-5,6-dimethoxyphenyl-1,2,4-triazine (tedmt) on h2o2-...