ALTERNATIVE PATHWAY OF RESPIRATION IN PHYSARUM-POLYCEPHALUM PLASMODIA

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BARANOWSKI, Z [1 ]
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[1] M NENCKI INST EXPTL BIOL, 3 PASTEUR STR, PL-02093 WARSAW, POLAND
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10.1016/0309-1651(85)90144-4
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Q2 [细胞生物学];
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071009 ; 090102 ;
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The external application of inhibitors of glycolysis in the presence of KCN shows a lethal effect on plasmodia of Physarum polycephalum. However, .alpha.-ketoglutarate, but not succinate, maintains the contraction-relaxation cycle of plasmoidal actomyosin in spite of the fact that glycolysis and cytochrome oxidase are inhibited. The oscillations supported by ketoglutarate disappear in the presence of SHAM [salicylhydroxamic acid], an inhibitor of alternative oxidase. There results imply the existence of KCN-resistant, alternative pathway of electron transport in the mitochondria of Physarum polycephalum.
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