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Studies on the content and organization of the respiratory enzymes of mitochondria.

The Journal of biophysical and biochemical cytology ·Vol. 9 ·1961-01-00 ·Pages 19-28

ESTABROOK RW, HOLOWINSKY A

Abstract

(1) The mathematical calculations relating spectrophotometric data with the data of Allard et al. (4, 5) on mitochondrial counts, is presented. Such a calculation indicates that an "average mitochondrion" from rat liver would contain about 17,000 molecules of each cytochrome pigment. (2) Hematocrit determinations relating respiratory pigment content for mitochondria isolated from a variety of tissues have been presented, showing a fivefold variability depending upon the source of the mitochondria. (3) Speculations on the organization of the respiratory enzymes associated with the membrane structure of the mitochondria are discussed.

Keywords
ENZYMES/chemistry MITOCHONDRIA/chemistry
MeSH Terms
Animals Cytochromes Enzymes/chemistry Mitochondria/chemistry Rats
Chemicals
Cytochromes Enzymes
Authors & Affiliations
2 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID
ESTABROOK R W
HOLOWINSKY A
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Article Info
Journal
The Journal of biophysical and biochemical cytology
Abbr.
J Biophys Biochem Cytol
ISSN
0095-9901
DOI
10.1083/jcb.9.1.19
Published
1961-01-00
Pages
19-28
Language
English
Region
United States
NLM ID
17840020R
PMCID
PMC2224976
Subset
OM
External Links
PubMed source DOI: 10.1083/jcb.9.1.19 PMC Full Text
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