Lateral mobility of cytochrome c on intact mitochondrial membranes as determined by fluorescence redistribution after photobleaching.
Lateral mobility of an active fluorescent derivative of cytochrome c on the membranes of giant mitochondria was measured by fluorescence redistribution after photobleaching. A diffusion coefficient of 1.6 X 10(-10) cm2/sec was determined for the labeled cytochrome c on inner mitochondrial membranes under conditions where succinate oxidase activity was demonstrated. This relatively low rate of diffusion, together with results of other investigators, is explained in terms of a model involving a dynamic equilibrium between freely diffusing and associated forms of electron-transfer components.
D000818:Animals; D003471:Cuprizone / Q000494:pharmacology; D003574:Cytochrome c Group / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D007425:Intracellular Membranes / Q000378:metabolism*; D007700:Kinetics; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D051379:Mice; D008930:Mitochondria, Liver / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008933:Mitochondrial Swelling; D010782:Photolysis; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence
D003574:Cytochrome c Group; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D003471:Cuprizone