12 results on '"Ubiquinone analysis"'
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2. Intramitochondrial positions of ubiquinone and iron-sulphur centres determined by dipolar interactions with paramagnetic ions.
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Case GD, Ohnishi T, and Leigh JS Jr
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- Animals, Columbidae, Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy, Ferredoxins analysis, Models, Structural, Myocardium analysis, Nickel, Rats, Iron analysis, Mitochondria, Muscle analysis, Sulfur analysis, Ubiquinone analysis
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E.p.r. (electron-paramagnetic-resonance) spectra of ubisemiquinone (QH) organic radicals and all of the known iron-sulphur centres were studied in normal and 'nickle-plated' pigeon heart mitochondria, submitochondrial particles and submitochondrial particles from which succinate dehydrogenase had been removed. Incubation of pigeon heart mitochondria, submitochondrial particles or succinate dehydrogenase-depleted submitochondrial particles with substrate in the presence of pure O2 results in the accumulation of Q-H. In mitochondria, the e.p.r. spectrum of Q-H is characterized by in-homogeneous line broadening. A heterogeneous population of semiquinones appears to be partly responsible for these effects in mitochondria. Additon of Ni(II) to mitochondria renders saturation of the Q-H resonance more difficult. On the other hand, the resonance in either submitochondrial particles or succinate dehydrogenase-depleted particles is narrower than the same spectrum in mitochondria, and saturates like a homogeneous line. The presence of Ni(II) in either of these preparations, further, has no effect on either the A-H spectrum or the saturation curve. Therefore QH appears to be situated on the exterior surface of the mitochondrion. Likewise, the e.p.r. spectra and saturation curves of iron-sulphur centre N-2 exhibit characteristics of inhomogeneous line broadening, not only in intact mitochondria but also in both submitochondrial particles and succinate dehydrogenase-depleted particles. Because of the small pool size of centre N-2, this effect is likely to arise from a spin interaction with some other component in the membrane. Ni(II) has no effect on the saturation in centre N-2 in mitochondria or submitochondrial particles, and only a marginal effect in the succinate dehydrogenase-depleted preparation. These results are indeterminate with respect to the position of centre N-2 in the membrane; but suggest that its distance from the succinate dehydrogenase binding site is on the order of 1 nm. All of the other ferredoxin-type iron-sulphur centres in both preparations were not affected by paramagnetic ions. Homogeneous e.p.r. spectra and saturation curves are observed for both of the HiPIP-type (high-potential iron-sulphur protein-type) iron-sulphur centres in mitochondrial centres S-3 and bc-3. Addition of No(II) to intact mitochondria results in a dipolar interaction with centre bc-3. No effect was observed on centre S-3 in either preparation. A comprehensive model is presented for the structure of the respiratory electron-transport system in mitochondria, based on e.p.r. relaxation studies in the present and the preceding paper. There is no direct evidence for transmembrane electron flow through any of the known energy-coupling sites in mitochondria, so that direct hydrogen atom transfer across the membrane (as a combination of H+ translocation coupled to electron flow) does not occur...
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- 1976
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3. The ubiquinone content of animal tissues. A survey of the occurrence of ubiquinone in vertebrates.
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Diplock AT and Haslewood GA
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- Animals, Biological Evolution, Intestines analysis, Liver analysis, Methods, Muscles analysis, Myocardium analysis, Rats, Ubiquinone analysis, Vertebrates
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1. A method was developed for the analysis of ubiquinone in animal tissues and the recovery of added ubiquinone tested in liver of the rat, Crocodylus porosus and Squalus acanthias. 2. The ubiquinone content of heart, liver and gut (or breast muscle in birds) was measured in 67 different animal species, selected to be representative of all the vertebrate classes. 3. The suggestion is advanced that the possession of appreciable amounts of endogenous tissue ubiquinone is usually characteristic of evolutionarily advanced vertebrates, and the biological and biochemical significance of the results is discussed.
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- 1967
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4. The determination of tocopherols and isoprenoid quinones in the grain and seedlings of wheat (Triticum vulgare).
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Hall GS and Laidman DL
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- 1-Propanol, Chloroform, Chromatography, Chromatography, Gas, Methods, Plant Extracts analysis, Spectrophotometry, Triticum embryology, Ubiquinone analysis, Quinones analysis, Triticum analysis, Vitamin E analysis
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1. A comparison is made of several procedures for the extraction of tocopherols and isoprenoid quinones from plant tissues. 2. Gradient-elution column chromatography on acid-washed alumina efficiently separates the isoprenoid quinones and tocopherols into groups that can then be assayed spectrophotometrically or, with the tocopherols, separated into their individual components and determined by gas-liquid chromatography. 3. This improved analytical procedure was used to study the distribution of the tocopherols and of ubiquinone in the ungerminated wheat grain.
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- 1968
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5. The role of ubiquinone in the respiratory chain of Acetobacter xylinum.
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Benziman M and Goldhamer H
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- Alcohol Oxidoreductases, Gluconacetobacter xylinus metabolism, Malates, NAD, Oxidation-Reduction, Spectrum Analysis, Ubiquinone antagonists & inhibitors, Ubiquinone metabolism, Electron Transport, Gluconacetobacter xylinus analysis, Ubiquinone analysis
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1. Whole cells of Acetobacter xylinum were found to contain a quinone of the ubiquinone (coenzyme Q) group. The quinone was isolated from the cells and crystallized. It was identified by its physical, chemical and spectroscopic properties as a ubiquinone with 10 isoprene units (ubiquinone-10). No naphthaquinone was detected in the cells. 2. Cell-free extracts prepared by means of a French pressure cell were separated into three fractions by differential centrifugation. The ubiquinone was located predominantly in the particulate fraction sedimenting at 33000g, which also contained most of the NADH oxidase and malate oxidase activities. The concentration of ubiquinone-10 in extracts was similar to that of the flavoproteins and about three times the concentration of the individual cytochromes. 3. Aerobic incubations of crude extracts with either NADH or malate resulted in reduction of the endogenous ubiquinone-10 to steady-state concentrations of 55 and 40% of the total quinone respectively. In the presence of cyanide more than 95% of the endogenous ubiquinone-10 was reduced by either NADH or malate. 4. The initial rate of reduction of endogenous ubiquinone-10 by malate and the rate of ubiquinol oxidation, in A. xylinum extracts, were found to be compatible with the overall rate of malate oxidation with oxygen. 5. The effects of various respiratory inhibitors on the oxidation-reduction reactions of the endogenous quinone indicate that its position on the respiratory chain is between the malate flavoprotein dehydrogenase and the cytochrome chain.
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- 1968
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6. Increase of hepatic mitochondria on administration of ethyl alpha-p-chlorophenoxyisobutyrate to the rat.
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Kurup CK, Aithal HN, and Ramasarma T
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- Animals, Cholesterol blood, DNA analysis, Glutamates metabolism, Liver analysis, Liver drug effects, Malates metabolism, Male, Mitochondria, Liver metabolism, Organ Size, Oxygen Consumption, Proteins analysis, Pyruvates metabolism, Rats, Succinates metabolism, Ubiquinone analysis, Anticholesteremic Agents pharmacology, Butyrates pharmacology, Mitochondria, Liver drug effects
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1. The antihypercholesterolaemic drug ethyl alpha-p-chlorophenoxyisobutyrate when fed to the rat orally or mixed with the diet increased the content of mitochondria in the liver by 50-100%. Other subcellular fractions did not show any significant change. 2. In oxidative activity, respiratory control and phosphorylating ability no significant difference was observed between the mitochondria isolated from the livers of the drug-treated rats and those from normal animals. 3. In agreement with earlier reports, administration of the drug depressed the concentration of serum cholesterol and increased liver weight and the liver content of ubiquinone. However, the increase of ubiquinone was greater in the nuclear than in the mitochondrial protein.
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- 1970
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7. Ubisemiquinone in membranes from Escherichia coli.
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Hamilton JA, Cox GB, Looney FD, and Gibson F
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- Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy, Membranes analysis, Ubiquinone analysis, Escherichia coli analysis, Mitochondria analysis, Quinones analysis
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- 1970
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8. Metabolism of ubiquinone in relation to thyroxine status.
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Inamdar AR and Ramasarma T
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- Animals, Depression, Chemical, Diet, Hyperthyroidism metabolism, Hypothyroidism metabolism, In Vitro Techniques, Liver analysis, Mitochondria, Liver analysis, Rats, Stimulation, Chemical, Thyroid Diseases chemically induced, Ubiquinone analysis, Ubiquinone biosynthesis, Liver metabolism, Thyroid Diseases metabolism, Thyroxine pharmacology, Ubiquinone metabolism
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1. Under conditions of thyrotoxicosis induced by feeding rats with iodinated casein, ubiquinone concentration was found to increase in the liver by increased synthesis and by partly decreased catabolism leading to its accumulation. The increased ubiquinone was found primarily in the mitochondrial and supernatant fractions. 2. Supplementing the diet with thyroxine, at less than toxic doses, also increased the synthesis and the concentration of ubiquinone in the liver. 3. In the condition of hypothyroidism obtained by feeding rats with thiouracil the concentration and the synthesis of ubiquinone in the liver showed a small decrease. 4. Synthesis of ubiquinone in liver slices was partially inhibited by addition of thyroxine in vitro. Therefore the activation effect on ubiquinone synthesis of excess of thyroxine in the intact animals appears to be by an indirect mechanism.
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- 1969
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9. The alleged absence of ubiquinone from elasmobranchs.
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Daniel RM and Redfearn ER
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- Animals, Fishes, Ubiquinone analysis
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- 1966
10. The incorporation of [14C]methionine into chromanols and quinones by Hevea brasiliensis latex.
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Whittle KJ, Audley BG, and Pennock JF
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- Carbon Isotopes, Chromatography, Thin Layer, Plants metabolism, Ubiquinone analysis, Benzopyrans biosynthesis, Methionine metabolism, Quinones biosynthesis, Vitamin E biosynthesis
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- 1967
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11. The nature, intergeneric distribution and biosynthesis of isoprenoid quinones and phenols in gram-negative bacteria.
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Whistance GR, Dillon JF, and Threlfall DR
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- Aeromonas analysis, Bacteria analysis, Benzoates metabolism, Chromobacterium analysis, Enterobacteriaceae analysis, Escherichia coli metabolism, Phenols analysis, Pseudomonas analysis, Pseudomonas metabolism, Quinones analysis, Rhizobium analysis, Spirillum analysis, Ubiquinone analysis, Ubiquinone biosynthesis, Vibrio metabolism, Bacteria metabolism, Phenols biosynthesis, Quinones biosynthesis
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1. Twenty-two aerobically grown Gram-negative bacteria were analysed for demethylmenaquinones, menaquinones, 2-polyprenylphenols, 6-methoxy-2-polyprenylphenols and ubiquinones. 2. All the eight enterobacteria and both the two facultative organisms (Aeromonas punctata and Aeromonas hydrophila) examined contain all the compounds listed above. The principal homologues are octaprenyl; in addition lower (down to tri- or tetra-prenyl for the 2-polyprenylphenols) and sometimes higher homologues are also present. 3. Strict aerobes are of two types, those that contain 2-polyprenylphenols, 6-methoxy-2-polyprenylphenols and ubiquinones, and those that contain ubiquinones only. The principal homologues are generally octa- or nona-prenyl, although one organism (Agrobacterium tumefaciens) has ubiquinone-10 as its principal homologue. As in the enterobacteria, lower homologues of these compounds are also present. 4. In Escherichia coli W, Pseudomonas ovalis Chester and Pseudomonas fluorescens, radioactivity from p-hydroxy[U-(14)C]benzoic acid is incorporated into 2-polyprenylphenols, 6-methoxy-2-polyprenylphenols, 6-methoxy-3-methyl-2-polyprenyl-1,4-benzoquinones, ubiquinones and a compound tentatively identified as 2-polyprenyl-1,4-benzoquinone. The fact that radioactivity is incorporated into the first three compounds suggests that in these organisms, and indeed in all those Gram-negative bacteria that contain 2-polyprenylphenols and 6-methoxy-2-polyprenylphenols, ubiquinones are formed by a biosynthetic sequence similar to that in Rhodospirillum rubrum. 5. The finding in ;Vibrio O1' (Moraxella sp.) and organism PC4 that 2-polyprenylphenols and 6-methoxy-2-polyprenylphenols are chemically and radiochemically undetectable leads to the conclusion that they are not intermediates in the biosynthesis of ubiquinone by these and by other Gram-negative bacteria that do not contain detectable amounts of 2-polyprenylphenols and 6-methoxy-2-polyprenylphenols. However, ;Vibrio O1' (organism PC4 was not examined) does contain 6-methoxy-3-methyl-2-polyprenyl-1,4-benzoquinone. 6. In Ps. ovalis Chester, radioactivity from l-[Me-(14)C]methionine is incorporated into the nuclear C-methyl and O-methyl groups of 6-methoxy-3-methyl-2-polyprenyl-1,4-benzoquinones and ubiquinone-9, and into the O-methyl group of 6-methoxy-2-polyprenylphenols.
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- 1969
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12. Effect of alpha-p-chlorophenoxyisobutyrate on the metabolism of isoprenoid compounds in the rat.
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Krishnaiah KV and Ramasarma T
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- Acetates metabolism, Animals, Carbon Isotopes, Clofibrate pharmacology, Fatty Acids biosynthesis, In Vitro Techniques, Intestinal Mucosa metabolism, Kidney metabolism, Lipids biosynthesis, Liver analysis, Liver metabolism, Male, Mevalonic Acid metabolism, Rats, Sterols biosynthesis, Ubiquinone analysis, Anticholesteremic Agents pharmacology, Propionates pharmacology, Ubiquinone metabolism
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1. Feeding of alpha-p-chlorophenoxyisobutyrate (CPIB) to rats increased ubiquinone concentration in the liver but not in other tissues. The increase was progressive with the time of feeding and related to the concentration of CPIB in the diet. 2. Incorporation of [1-(14)C]acetate, but not of [2-(14)C]mevalonate, into sterols in the liver in vivo or by liver slices in vitro was decreased on feeding the rats with CPIB. However, incorporation of mevalonate into ubiquinone increased. 3. CPIB, when added in low concentrations to liver slices, had no effect on isoprene synthesis from acetate; higher concentrations, however, were inhibitory. 4. No activation of ubiquinone synthesis from mevalonate was observed when CPIB was added to the liver slices synthesizing ubiquinone. 5. The increase in ubiquinone in CPIB-fed animals appears to be due to increased synthesis in the initial stages and to decreased catabolism in the later stages. 6. An inverse relationship was found between the concentration of ubiquinone in the liver and the serum sterol concentration in CPIB-fed rats.
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- 1970
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