{"title":"The optical and electrical properties of mitochondrial preparations","authors":"Ronald S. Snart","doi":"10.1016/0926-6577(64)90093-2","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>It has been shown that electron-acceptor quinones can complex to proteins, decreasing their electrical resistivity and semiconductive activation energy. Such complex proteins are suitable for energy transport in biological systems by a semiconduction mechanism.</p><p>Coenzyme Q<sub>10</sub> is known to be involved in oxidative phosphorylation reactions in association with the cytochrome system. The semiconductive and optical properties of a cytochrome <em>c</em>-coenzyme Q<sub>10</sub> complex have indicated a possible mechanism for such reactions and an investigation of this complex in a mitochondrial lipid medium and complete mitochondria has provided evidence for the possible role of a semiconductive mechanism in mitochondrial energy transport.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100169,"journal":{"name":"Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Specialized Section on Biophysical Subjects","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1964-11-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0926-6577(64)90093-2","citationCount":"3","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Specialized Section on Biophysical Subjects","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0926657764900932","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
It has been shown that electron-acceptor quinones can complex to proteins, decreasing their electrical resistivity and semiconductive activation energy. Such complex proteins are suitable for energy transport in biological systems by a semiconduction mechanism.
Coenzyme Q10 is known to be involved in oxidative phosphorylation reactions in association with the cytochrome system. The semiconductive and optical properties of a cytochrome c-coenzyme Q10 complex have indicated a possible mechanism for such reactions and an investigation of this complex in a mitochondrial lipid medium and complete mitochondria has provided evidence for the possible role of a semiconductive mechanism in mitochondrial energy transport.
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