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  • Title: On the origin of the limited control of mitochondrial respiration by the adenine nucleotide translocator.
    Author: Westerhoff HV, Plomp PJ, Groen AK, Wanders RJ, Bode JA, van Dam K.
    Journal: Arch Biochem Biophys; 1987 Aug 15; 257(1):154-69. PubMed ID: 2888431.
    Abstract:
    A thermodynamic control theory previously developed has been applied to mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation with emphasis on the role of delta microH and coupling and within the paradigm of delocalized chemiosmotic coupling. The basis for the observed distribution of flux control over the participating enzymes is shown to lie in the relative magnitudes of so-called delta microH elasticity coefficients, i.e., the delta microH dependencies of the different mitochondrial processes. In particular the relatively strong delta microH dependence of mitochondrial respiration is responsible for the significant role of the adenine nucleotide translocator in the control of oxidative phosphorylation. Uncoupling decreases the control exerted by this translocator on respiration but increases that exerted on phosphorylation.
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