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Triosephosphates Modulate Leaf Mitochondrial Phosphorylation by Inhibition and Uncoupling of Electron Transport ¹

Institut für Biologie I, Universität Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 1, D-7400 Tübingen 1, Federal Republic of Germany

The effect of TP (triosephosphates:glyceraldehyde-3 phosphate, GAP, +dihydroxyacetone phosphate, DHAP) on respiration, phosphorylation and matrix ATP/ADP ratios of isolated oat mesophyll mitochondria was investigated. With both malate and NADH, a 50% inhibition of state 3-phosphorylation was induced by about 15 to 20 millimolar GAP and 30 to 40 millimolar DHAP. However, the nature of the inhibition appeared to be different with the two respiratory substrates. In the presence of NADH, TP did not inhibit the rate of state 3 (addition of ADP) O₂ consumption. In fact, depending on concentration, TP gradually increased the rates measured without ADP towards those seen under state 3, acting as uncouplers. When malate was the substrate for respiration, state 3 rates were decreased. The effect was comparable to that of rotenone and could be abolished by the addition of NADH. These observations indicate a dual action of TP: inhibition of electron transport around site I and uncoupling. In any case, the intramitochondrial ATP/ADP ratio decreased upon addition of TP. The effective TP concentrations as well as the changes in mitochondrial ATP/ADP ratios were comparable to results on changes of compartmental pool sizes of adenylates and other metabolites during dark/light transition of oat mesophyll protoplasts (R. Hampp, M. Goller, H. Füllgraf, and I. Eberle 1985 Plant Cell Physiol 24: 99). The possible role of TP in the regulation of mitochondrial respiration in the light, as well as modes of interference, are discussed.