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. 2013 Sep 10;8(9):e74436. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0074436

Table 1. Inhibition of the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase activity by Ca2+.

Inhibition, %%
Heart Skeletal muscle Liver Kidney
Rat mitochondria 50±5 60±5 80±2 76±4
Bovine mitochondria 57±4

Oxidation of 15 µM ferrocytochrome c by mitochondria from different tissues (0.5–1.5 mg protein/ml) was followed spectrophotometrically under low-turnover conditions as described in “Materials and Methods” and legend to Figure 7 . The data correspond to inhibition induced by addition of excess Ca2+ (200 µM on the backgrpound of 100 µM EGTA). The data are average ± SE for 3–5 measurements.