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. 1988 Apr;86(4):1199–1204. doi: 10.1104/pp.86.4.1199

Regulation of Nonphosphorylating Electron Transport Pathways in Soybean Cotyledon Mitochondria and Its Implications for Fat Metabolism 1

David A Day 1,2,3, Anthony L Moore 1,2,3, Ian B Dry 1,2,3, Joseph T Wiskich 1,2,3, Joaquin Azcon-Bieto 1,2,3,2
PMCID: PMC1054651  PMID: 16666054

Abstract

The respiration of mitochondria isolated from germinating soybean cotyledons was strongly resistant to antimycin and KCN. This oxygen uptake was not related to lipoxygenase which was not detectable in purified mitochondria. The antimycin-resistant rate of O2 uptake was greatest with succinate as substrate and least with exogenous NADH. Succinate was the only single substrate whose oxidation was inhibited by salicyl hydroxamic acid alone, indicating engagement of the alternative oxidase. Concurrent oxidation of two or three substrates led to greater involvement of the alternative oxidase. Despite substantial rotenone-resistant O2 uptake with NAD-linked substrates, respiratory control was observed in the presence of antimycin, indicating restriction of electron flow through complex I. Addition of succinate to mitochondria oxidizing NAD-linked substrates in state four stimulated O2 uptake substantially, largely by engaging the alternative oxidase. We suggest that these properties of soybean cotyledon mitochondria would enable succinate received from the glyoxysome during lipid metabolism to be rapidly oxidized, even under a high cytosolic energy charge.

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