A new method that investigates superoxide versus respiration in vitro using bioluminescence and Sepharose-bound...

In vitro reactions between superoxide and phosphate derivatives of adenosine yielded quantitative amounts of stable ozonide-products. ADP-ozonide was formed in an optimized in vitro synthesis from ADP + O-(2) and affected by inhibitors and uncouplers in a similar manner to in vivo, oxidative-phosphorylation results. ADP-ozonide was further reacted with phosphoric acid to form ATP. Superoxide and ADP-ozonide may be important carrier-intermediates between respiration's electron-transport chain and nodule ATP formation in vivo.