title: Oligomycin sensitivity of mitochondrial sulfhydryl groups.
abstract: Dithionitrobenzoate has been used to titrate sulfhydryl groups of rat liver mitochondria in glutamate buffer, pH 7.4. Reaction with oligomycin and different SH reagents preceded the SH titration. Under these conditions it was found that 2-mercaptopropionylcne and N-ethylmaleimide reacted in an oligomycin-sensitive manner, so that the control values (in the absence of SH reagent) were obtained. Similar concentrations of mersalyl and of N-(N-acetyl-4-sulfamoylphenyl) maleimide, in the presence of oligomycin, enhanced reactivity toward Nbs2. The concentration range of oligomycin-sensitive SH groups was thus defined between approx. 5 and 9 nmol reagent/mg mitochondrial protein. In this way, a differentiation between SH grops, which are implicated in phosphate transport antd those, which react in an oligomycin-sensitive manner, and which are probably connected with the coupling mechanism was achieved.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D008634:Mersalyl / Q000494:pharmacology; D008930:Mitochondria, Liver / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D009840:Oligomycins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship; D013438:Sulfhydryl Compounds; D013439:Sulfhydryl Reagents / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D009840:Oligomycins; D013438:Sulfhydryl Compounds; D013439:Sulfhydryl Reagents; D008634:Mersalyl