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Published on: May 19, 2019
Bacterial respiration-linked proton translocation and its relationship to respiratory-chain composition
Abstract:
1. The relationship between chain composition and the efficiency of respiration-linked proton translocation was studied in nine bacterial species of widely differing taxonomic and ecological status. 2. All the bacteria investigated contained respiratory chain dehydrogenases, ubiquinone and/or menaquinone, cytochrome b and cytochrome oxidase aa3 and/or o. In addition, some of these organisms also contained pyridine nucleotide transhydrogenase and/or cytochrome c. 3. leads to H+/O ratios of whole cell suspensions oxidising endogenous substrates were in the approximate range 4-8 mol H+ translocated per g-atom oxygen consumed. It was concluded from the observed leads to H+/O ratios of cells loaded with specific substrates that proton-translocating loops 1 and 2 were present in all of the organisms investigated, but that loops 0 and 3 were dependent upon the presence of pyridine nucleotide transhydrogenase and cytochrome c respectively. 4. The wide range in energy conservation efficiency which was observed in these organisms is discussed in relation to their respiratory chain composition and natural habitat.
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