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2. The nuclear fraction contained about 50% of the cellular ATP. Under anaerobic conditions nuclear ATP is degraded. When, after an anaerobic incubation, the nuclei are incubated under aerobic conditions endogenous nuclear ATP is resynthesized. The amount of ATP found cannot be accounted for by mitochondria or intact cells. It could also be shown that the ATP synthesis is not due to such contamination.
3. Nuclear ATP synthesis and respiration were inhibited by amytal, rotenone, and carbon monoxide. The latter inhibition was reversed by light. 2,4-Dinitrophenol abolished ATP synthesis and accelerated respiration. Oligomycin inhibited respiration and phosphorylation. The inhibition of respiration by oligomycin could be released by dinitrophenol. ATP synthesis was also inhibited by lewisite. This inhibition could be reversed by BAL. No inhibition, however, was found with arsenite or arsenite + BAL.
4. A P:O ratio between 0.6 and 1.0 was obtained for nuclear phosphorylation. This must be considered as a minimal value.
5. It is concluded that thymus nuclei are capable of respiratory-chain-linked oxidative phosphorylation. 相似文献