Abstract
The origin of most of the electron paramagnetic resonances obtained at low temperature and low microwave power from heart tissue and subcellular fractions derived therefrom is now understood. A signal that emerges on partial reduction with characteristic lines at 3227 G (0.3227 tesla) and 3309 G (0.3309 tesla) (at 9.2 GHz) and disappears again on full reduction has remained unidentified. According to its behavior on oxidation-reduction, the substance giving rise to this signal has the properties of a two-electron acceptor. The signal is strongly dependent on temperature and can only be well resolved at less than 20 degrees K. It is readily elicited in submitochondrial particles by partial reduction, but has not been observed in submitochondrial particles from which ubiquinone has been removed by pentane extraction. When ubiquinone is reincorporated into extracted submitochondrial particles, the signal is again easily produced by partial reduction. Electron paramagnetic resonance spectra of partially reduced submitochondrial particles recorded at 34 GHz show lines centered about g approximately 2 with the same separation (approximately 82 G; approximately 0.0082 tesla) as do 9.2 GHz spectra, whereas no lines are detected with a separation of approximately 82 X 34/9.2 G (0.0082 X 34/9.2 tesla). We suggest, on the basis of these observations, that the unidentified signal arises from an interaction of ubisemiquinone and a second paramagnetic species. Three obvious choices exist concerning this second species: ubisemiquinone, flavin semiquinone, or an iorn-sulfur center. It is not possible without much additional information to decide between these possibilities. Since we have never observed the signal in the absence of the membrane-bound, high-potential type iron-sulfur protein, we have considered involvement of this species in the interaction. However, according to computer simulations of the observed electron paramagnetic resonance spectra, which yield best fits for semiquinone-semiquinone interaction, the possibility that ubi- or flavin semiquinone is the interaction partner appears more likely at this time. The interaction appears to be of the magnetic dipole-dipole type, but it is not certain whether there is also a contribution from spin exchange coupling. If it is assumed that the signal is due to magnetic dipole-dipole interaction, the distance of the partners is less than or equal to 7.7 A.
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