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Isolation and Functional Analysis of Mitochondria from Cultured Cells and Mouse Tissue
Published on: March 23, 2015
Is the mitochondrial ATP synthesis solely H+-driven, K+,H+ symport-driven or K+/H+ antiport-driven?
1Escuela de Física, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Sede Medellín, Carrera 65, Nro. 59A - 110, Medellín, Colombia.
Abstract:
Some recent literature experimental data indicate that the mitochondrial ATP synthesis might be not solely H+-driven, but K+,H+ symport-driven membrane potential-dependent, considered as a further development of Mitchell's chemiosmotic theory, in contrast to the anti-Mitchell's hypothesis of K+/H+ antiport-driven mechanism. In this short communication, the attention was pointed to a possible influence of the ionic strength of the used KCl incubation medium, versus of only K+ ions, and of the Mg2+-induced mitochondrial aggregation in the sucrose medium on the reported rates of the mitochondrial respiration and ATP synthesis. These observations were based on the own author's experimental works published earlier.
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