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. 1971 Feb;68(2):308–311. doi: 10.1073/pnas.68.2.308

Promitochondria of Anaerobically Grown Yeast, V. Energy Transfer in the Absence of an Electron Transfer Chain

G S P Groot 1, L Kováč 1,*, G Schatz 1
PMCID: PMC388924  PMID: 5277075

Abstract

Promitochondria of anaerobically grown Saccharomyces cerevisiae lack cytochromes aa3, b, c1, and c, as well as ubiquinone, yet catalyze a Pi-ATP exchange reaction that is sensitive to uncouplers, rutamycin, and atractyloside. The promitochondrial Pi-ATP exchange reaction is abolished by the cytoplasmic “petite” mutation, as well as by growth of the cells in the presence of erythromycin, which indicates a role of mitochondrial protein synthesis in the assembly of the energy transfer system. These observations demonstrate that mitochondrial energy transfer can occur in the absence of a respiratory chain.

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