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. 1982 Aug;70(2):567–572. doi: 10.1104/pp.70.2.567

Proline Oxidation in Corn Mitochondria 1

Involvement of NAD, Relationship to Ornithine Metabolism, and Sidedness on the Inner Membrane

Thomas E Elthon 1,2, Cecil R Stewart 1,2
PMCID: PMC1067189  PMID: 16662535

Abstract

Proline-dependent oxygen uptake in corn mitochondria (Zea mays L. B73 × Mo17 or Mo17 × B73) occurs through a proline dehydrogenase (pH optimum around 7.2) bound to the matrix side of the inner mitochondrial membrane. Sidedness was established by determining the sensitivity of substrate-dependent ferricyanide reduction to antimycin and FCCP (P-trifluoromethoxycarbonylcyanide phenylhydrazone). Proline dehydrogenase activity did not involve nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide reduction, and thus electrons and protons from proline enter the respiratory chain directly. Δ1-Pyrroline-5-carboxylate (P5C) derived from proline was oxidized by a P5C dehydrogenase (pH optimum approximately 6.4). This enzyme was found to be similar to proline dehydrogenase in that it was bound to the matrix side of the inner membrane and fed electrons and protons directly into the respiratory chain.

Ornithine-dependent oxygen uptake was measurable in corn mitochondria and resulted from an ornithine transaminase coupled with a P5C dehydrogenase. These enzymes existed as a complex bound to the matrix side of the inner membrane. P5C formed by ornithine transaminase was utilized directly by the associated P5C dehydrogenase and was not released into solution. Activity of this dehydrogenase involved the reduction of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide.

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