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    Volume 151, number 1 FEBS LETTERS January 1983

    Review Letter

    Control of mitochondrial respirationJ.M. Tager, R. J.A. Wanders, A.K. Groen, W. Kunz+, R. Bohnensack+, U. Kiister+,G. Letko+, G. Biihme+, J. Duszynski* and L. Wojtczak*

    Laboratory of Biochemistry, B.C.P. Jansen I nstitute, University of Amsterdam, P.O. Box 20151, 1000 HDAmsterdam, The Netherlands, Physiologisch-Chemisches I nstitu t, Medizini sche Akademie Magdeburg,Leipzigerstrasse 44, Magdeburg, DDR and *Nencki I nstitute of Experimental Biology, 3 Pasteur Street,02-093 Warsaw. Poland

    Received 2 November 1982The control theory of Kacser and Burns [in: Rate Control of Biological Processes (Davies, D.D. ed) pp.65-104, Cambridge University Press, London, 19731 nd Heinrich and Rapoport [Eur. J. Biochem. (1974)42, 97-1051 has been used to quantify the amount of control exerted by different steps on mitochondrialoxidative phosphorylation in rat-liver mitochondria. Inhibitors were used to manipulate the amount ofactive enzyme. The control strength of the adenine nucleotide translocator was measured by carrying outtitrations with carboxyatractyloside. In state 4, the control strength of the translocator was found to bezero. As the rate of respiration was increased by adding hexokinase, the control strength of the translocatorincreased to a maximum value of -30% at -80% of state 3 respiration. In state 3, control of respirationis distributed between a number of steps, including the adenine nucleotide translocator, the dicarboxylatecarrier and cytochrome c oxidase. The measured values for the distribution of control agree very well withthose calculated with the aid of a model for mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation developed byBohnensack et al. [Biochim. Biophys. Acta (1982) 680, 271-2801.

    Oxidative phosphorylation Control strength Adenine nucleotide translocatorM itochondrial respirati on Computer simul ation of respiration Rat-liver mitochondria

    1. INTRODUCTIONThe fact that respiration is linked to the syn-thesis of ATP was first recognised by Engelhardt

    [ 1,2] whilst subsequent investigations by Kalckar[3,4], Belitzer and Tzibakowa [5] and Ochoa [6]emphasised the close coupling between oxidationand phosphorylation. In systematic studies on thecontrol of respiration in isolated mitochondria,Lardy and Wellman [7] and Chance and Williams[8] observed a hyperbolic relationship between therate of respiration and the extramitochondrialADP concentration; both groups concluded thatthe extramitochondrial ADP concentration is theprimary factor controlling the rate of oxidativephosphorylation in mitochondria.

    In a series of important studies Klingenberg andcoworkers [9-l l] varied not only the ADP concen-tration but also that of ATP and Pi. They conclud-ed [9-l l] that respiration is a function of the extra-mitochondrial phosphate potential, defined as[ATP]/[ADP][Pi]. More extensive studies usingthe same experimental approach were carried outby Wilson and coworkers [12-141, who also cameto the conclusion that respiration is controlled by[ATP]/[ADP][Pi].Chance and Williams [8] in their initial studiespaid particular attention to the resting state (state4), in which lack of ADP limits respiration, and tothe active state (state 3), in which ADP is presentin excess. The resulting concepts and terminologyof Chance and Williams [8] have been of particular

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    Volume 151, number 1 FEBSLETTERS January 1983importance in understanding the dynamics of ox-idative phosphorylation. However, in the intactcell the rate of mitochondrial respiration varies ac-cording to the energy requirements of the cell, sothat the concepts of resting and active states asdefined for isolated mitochondria are of limitedapplicability.

    Several systems have been developed [15-211 inwhich respiration in isolated mitochondria is pois-ed between state 4 and state 3. However, the resultsobtained have not lent themselves to unequivocalinterpretation. For instance, opinions differ withregard to the question of whether respiration iscontrolled by the extramitochondrial ATP/ADPratio [15-181 or by the extramitochondrialphosphate potential [9-14, 22-241. It has been im-plicitly assumed that one particular reaction limitsrespiration, for instance the adenine nucleotidetranslocator [15,181 or cytochrome c oxidase(review [25]). However, little attention has beenpaid to the possibility that respiration may be con-trolled by more than one reaction.

    Recent investigations in three differentlaboratories have resulted in the emergence of acommon concept for the control of mitochondrialrespiration. These studies will be described in thiscommunication and discussed in relation to data inthe literature.2.

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    RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MITOCHON-DRIAL RESPIRATION AND THE EXTRA-MITOCHONDRIAL ATP/ADP RATIOthe adenine nucleotide translocator displaced

    from equilibrium?In isolated mitochondria, different steady-staterates of respiration can be obtained by usingFi-ATPase [15-171, glucose-hexokinase[18,22-241, or creatine-creatine kinase [19-211 asan extramitochondrial ADP-regenerating system.The groups of Davis and Kunz [15-181 concludedthat the rate of mitochondrial respiration isprimarily controlled by the extramitochondrialATP/ADP ratio rather than by the extramito-chondrial phosphate potential, and that theadenine nucleotide translocator is the rate-limitingstep. Indeed, when these groups varied thephosphate concentration in their respective ex-periments, they observed no direct relationshipbetween the rate of respiration and

    [ATP]/[ADP] [Pi] [17,26,27], which would in-dicate that the translocator is out of equilibrium.This conclusion is in contrast with the concept ofWilsons group [12-14,25,28-311. The main dif-ference between the two concepts is that accordingto Wilsons group the adenine nucleotidetranslocator catalyses a near-equilibrium reactionat all rates of respiration (reviews [32,33]), whereasaccording to the group of Kunz the translocatorreaction is out of equilibrium already in the restingstate [34], disequilibrium progressively becominggreater with increasing rates of respiration.Mitochondrial respiration can also be stimulatedby an intramitochondrial ATP-utilizing reactionsuch as citrulline synthesis [27,35-381. Theoretical-ly, if the adenine nucleotide translocator catalysesa near-equilibrium reaction, the relationship be-

    Table 1Adenine nucleotide patterns in mitochondria duringrespiration stimulated by citrulline synthesis (A) andby phosphorylation of glucose (B)

    Nucleotide Amount or concentrationIntramitochondrial External(nmol/mg protein) 01M)

    (A) Citrulline synthesisATP 10.2 + 0.9 153 -t 4ADP 3.1 f 0.2 2.9 + 0.7AMP 0.4 f 0.1 3.3 * 0.3Total 13.6 + 1.0 159 * 4ATP/ADP 3.3 * 0.5 53 f 14(B) Hexokinase-glucose systemATP 9.6 + 0.6 151 f 3ADP 3.0 + 0.4 6.6 f 1.6AMP 0.4 + 0.1 3.7 * 0.2Total 13.0 * 0.7 161 f 3ATP/ADP 3.2 + 0.6 23 + 6Mitochondrial respiration was adjusted toapproximately the same value (43% and 44.5% of thefully active state in A and B, respectively), either viacitrulline synthesis (A) or via glucose 6-phosphatesynthesis (B). The extrapolation technique described in[34] was used to differentiate between intramito-chondrial and extramitochondrial adenine nucleotides.

    Values are means k SD (n = 7). (Data from [39])

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    Volume 151, number 1 FEBS LETTERS January 1983tween the rate of oxygen uptake and the extramito-chondrial ATP/ADP ratio (at constant phosphateconcentration) should be independent of the site ofATP utilization. This was tested by Kiister et al.[39], who stimulated mitochondrial respiration to-45% of the maximal rate, either via extramito-chondrial ATP utilization (formation of glucose6-phosphate), or via intramitochondrial ATPutilization (citrulline synthesis). As shown in table1, the extramitochondrial ATP/ADP ratio dif-fered markedly under the two conditions, whereasthe intramitochondrial ATP/ADP ratio was thesame (see also [40]). Since intramitochondrialATP4- is exchanged for extramitochondrialADP3-, so that the transport of adeninenucleotides is electrogenic and hence dependentupon the magnitude of the membrane potential[41-461, one explanation for the above findingcould be that the value of All/ across the mitochon-drial membrane differs under the two conditions.However, Duszynski and coworkers [47,48]measured A under both conditions and observedno difference, in accordance with the results ofWilliamson et al. [49]. Thus, it can be concludedthat the adenine nucleotide translocator is displac-ed from equilibrium - at least when respiration is45% of the maximum rate. However, in these ex-

    periments it was not possible to quantify the extentto which the translocator reaction was out ofequilibrium, since during citrulline synthesis underthe conditions used (Mg+ added) there is still con-siderable flux through the translocator due to thepresence of adhering ATPases in the mitochondrialpreparation.Wanders et al. [40] circumvented this problemby omitting Mg2+ from the medium when respira-tion was stimulated by citrulline synthesis and bymaking use of the finding that at a particular rateof respiration the intramitochondrial ATP/ADPratio is the same regardless of whether respirationis stimulated by intramitochondrial or extramito-chondrial processes (see also [47]). The same ap-plies to A (see [48,49]); these are two of the threeparameters involved in the adenine nucleotidetranslocator reaction. Thus the AG of the reactioncould be calculated from the value of the extra-mitochondrial ATP4-/ADP3- ratio duringcitrulline synthesis and glucosed-phosphate for-mation, respectively. As shown in table 3 (taken

    Calculation of the free-energy difference of theadenine nucleotide translocator reactionTable 2

    Membrane energy state of mitochondria underdifferent conditionsParameter Condition (i) Condition (ii)(synthesis of (synthesis ofglucosed- citrulline)phosphate)

    Conditions Respiration rate A+ APH(nmol Oz/min . mg) (mV) (mV) .I, (natom/min . mg)([ATPoutl/State 4OrnithineLimiting

    8.9 166 5225.0 152 51hexokinase 24.2 151 53

    Excesshexokinase 45.2 145 n.d.Mitochondria (8.5 mg protein) were suspended in 1.1 mlmedium with glutamate as substrate and containing0.15 mM ADP, 0.1 mM [14C]acetate and 0.15 nM[3H]TPMP. Where indicated, 10 mM ornithine orhexokinase was added. After 3 min at 25C sampleswere layered on silicone oil and centrifuged. Radio-activity was measured in the bottom and supernatantHC104 extracts. Sucrose and water spaces weremeasured in parallel runs. (Data from [48])

    L4DPoutlhota1 23.6 77.0([ATP:WHX~Glhrce 1.7 57.5AGT = 2.3 RTlog 5 = -8.7 kJ/molMitochondria (1.53 mg protein/ml) were incubated in amedium containing 100 mM KCI, 50 mM Tris-HCl,1 mM EGTA, 10 mM potassium phosphate, 10 mMsuccinate, 1 mM malate, 20 mM glucose, 16.6 mMKHCO3, 10 mM MgC12, 2.0 mM ATP and 2pg/mlrotenone. Final pH, 7.4. In condition (ii) Mg2+ wasomitted and 10 mM ornithine plus 5 mM NH&I wereadded. Under condition (i), sufficient hexokinase wasadded to give the same rate of respiration as undercondition (ii). (Data from [40])

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    Volume 151, number 1 FEBS LETTERS January 1983from [40]), the adenine nucleotide reaction is 8.7kJ/mol out of equilibrium at 40% of maximalrespiration.3. CoMPUTER SIMULATIONS OF OXIDA-

    TIVE PHOSPHORYLATIONThe problem of whether the rate of respirationis controlled by the extramitochondrial ATPfADP

    ratio or by the extramitochondrial [ATP]/[ADP][Pi] has also been approached in a theoreti-cal way. Bohnensack and coworkers [50-523 devel-oped a computer model for this purpose in whichthe following processes were considered: protontranslocation by the respiratory chain, the produc-

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    tion of ATP by ATPase, the translocation ofadenine nucleotides and of phosphate by theirrespective translocators, and a passive backflow ofprotons through the mitochondrial membrane.Following the concept of Wilson (review [25]), thefirst two sites of the respiratory chain were con-sidered to be in near-equilibrium with the intra-mitochondrial phosphate potential and the cyto-chrome c oxidase reaction was considered to beirreversible (see also [53]). The adenine nucleotidetranslocator was incorporated as an enzyme with aping-pong mechanism (see [46,54,55]). The kineticparameters for the different reactions consideredwere taken from the literature. Fig. 1 shows a com-parison between the model [52] and experimentalresults taken from Wanders et al. 1401.In the expe-riment and in the model, the rate of respiration was

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    Fig.1, Relationship between rate of 02 uptake, glucose-&phosphate and citrulline synthesis and the extramitochondrialATP/ADP ratio.(A) Rat-liver mitochondria (1.93 mg protein/ml) were incubated in the reaction mixture described in table 3. Differentconcentrations of hexokinase either alone (.,A) or together with 5 mM NH&1 and 10 mM ornithine O,A, wereadded. Intramitochondrial ATP and ADP were measured in neutralised perchloric acid extracts of the mitochondriaafter separation by centrifugation-filtration through silicone oil. Total ATP and ADP were corrected for intramito-chondrial ATP and ADP. ATP, ADP, ~ucose-6-phosphate A, A) and citrulline ( were measured in the neutralisedperchloric acid extracts; see [40].(B) Simulated competition between citrulline synthesis and net phosphorylation of extramitochondrial ADP and its ef-fect on mitochondria~ respiration. The stationary ratio of respiration (vo&, that of citrulhne synthesis (vflt = 0.5 v,),and that of net phosphorylation of external ADP (vex) were computed for two conditions and plotted versus the extra-mitochondrial ATP/ADP ratio, either in the presence of citrulline synthesis (-----) or in its absence (- ). The otherparameter values are described in [52], from which the experiment is taken.

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    Volume 151, number 1 FEBS LETTERS January 1983varied either via the glucose/hexokinase system orvia citrulline synthesis.

    Both in the experiment and in the computersimulation a sigmoidal relationship was observedbetween the rate of oxygen uptake (and the rate ofglucosed-phosphate production) and thelogarithm of the extramitochondrial ATP/ADPratio. Introduction of an intramitochondrial ATP-utilizing reaction leads to a shift of the curvetowards higher ATP/ADP ratios, this being caus-ed by the disequilibrium of the adenine nucleotidetranslocator. Even though the major character-istics of the Wilson concept about oxidative phos-phorylation have been incorporated into Bohnen-sacks model, the computer simulation predictsdisequilibrium of the adenine nucleotide trans-locator, which is also what is observed experi-mentally.4. DISTRIBUTION OF CONTROL IN OXIDA-TIVE PHOSPHORYLATION

    It has often been suggested [56-601, that a reac-tion can only be rate-controlling if it operatessignificantly out of equilibrium. In the previoussections we have indicated that the adeninenucleotide translocator is, indeed, displaced fromequilibrium. Does this imply that the translocatorcontrols respiration? This need not necessarily bethe case. Kacser and Burns [61] have shown thatthere is no direct relationship between the free-energy difference of a reaction and the amount ofcontrol exerted by that step on pathway flux. Thus,in theory even a near-equilibrium translocatorcould have significant control on flux (Kacser andBurns [61]).To quantify the amount of control exerted by anenzyme on pathway flux, Kacser and Burns [61,62]and Heinrich and Rapoport [63,64] introduced aquantitative measure of control referred to eitheras sensitivity coefficient [61,62] or control strength[63,64], which is defined as the fractional change inpathway flux induced by a fractional change in theamount of the enzyme under consideration. Inmathematical terms sensitivity coefficient or con-trol strength is defined as:

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    where Ci is the control strength of enzyme Ei, andJis the flux through the pathway in the steady state(ss). Kacser and Burns [61,62] and Heinrich andRapoport [63,64] have shown that the sum of allcontrol strengths in a pathway is unity, providedthat the concentrations of the first substrate andthe end product are kept constant. An obvious wayto determine control strength is to manipulate theamount of active enzyme by using specific in-hibitors. There are numerous reports in theliterature of inhibitor titration studies on oxidativephosphorylation [26,65-691. In these studies it hasbeen presumed that the shape of the inhibitor titra-tion curve gives information about whether a stepdoes or does not control flux. A step is assumed tobe rate-controlling if a linear relationship is observ-ed and not rate-controlling if the titration curve issigmoidal (see [26,66-701). However, as shown byAkerboom [71] and Groen et al. [72], the shape ofan inhibition curve in itself does not give une-quivocal information about the amount of controlexerted; the amount of inhibitor used should alsobe taken into account [71-731.The control theory of Kacser and Burns [61,62]and Heinrich and Rapoport [63,64] provides asuitable theoretical framework to allow quan-titative conclusions to be drawn from inhibitorstudies (see [72,73]). When the amount of inhibitoradded is translated into a certain fractionaldecrease in enzyme activity, the control strength ofa particular reaction can be determined from theinhibition curve. Irreversible inhibitors are mostsuitable for this purpose [72,73], since the amountof inhibitor added is proportional to the amount ofenzyme inactivated. Carboxyatractyloside is an ir-reversible inhibitor of the adenine nucleotide trans-locator [54]. In fig.2 a carboxyatractyloside titra-tion is shown of mitochondrial respiration betweenthe resting and the active states. From the initialslope of the inhibitor titration curves the controlstrength of the adenine nucleotide translocator canbe calculated in a simple way (see [72,73]). It isclear that the initial slope increases as respirationincreases to about 85% of maximal respiration andthen decreases somewhat as respiration increasesstill further. That is, the control strength of theadenine nucleotide translocator increases and thendeclines again. Since the maximal value reachedfor the control strength is about 0.3 (30%), theadenine nucleotide translocator cannot be con-

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    I1 200 300 400pmol carboxyatractyloside mg protein-1 relative rate of reswatlon ( I

    Fig.2. Control strength of the adenine nucleotide translocator at different rates of respiration in rat-liver mitochondria.Mitochondria were incubated in a medium containing 100 mM KCl, 50 mM Tris-HCl, 10 mM potassium phosphate,1 mM EGTA, 1 mM ATP, 20 mM succinate, 2 mM malate, 20 mM glucose, 2 mM glucose 6-phosphate, 10 mM MgClzand 1 pg rotenone/ml. Final pH, 7.4. Different rates of respiration were adjusted via limiting amounts of hexokinase.Carboxyatractyloside was used to inhibit the adenine nucleotide translocator specifically. Each point in the figurerepresents a separate incubation. The data from fig.2A were used to calculate the control strength of the adeninenucleotide translocator (fig.2B) at the different rates of respiration, as in 172,731; unpublished results.

    sidered as the only rate-controlling step in ox-idative phosphorylation (i.e., it is not the rate-limiting step).It should be pointed out that the value of thecontrol strength of the translocator also dependson the ADP-regenerating system used. Qualitative-ly this can be seen in the experiments of Lemastersand Sowers [68]. They observed that atractylosideinhibited far more effectively at the same rate ofrespiration, if respiration was varied via phosphatethan if glucose/hexokinase was used. An impor-tant experiment of Kunz et al. [27], shown infig.3A, provides an explanation for the low controlstrength of the translocator in the glucose/hexo-kinase system. Respiration was adjusted to about50% of the maximal rate with hexokinase. Uponaddition of carboxyatractyloside a biphasic

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    response is observed. Initially, there is a strong in-hibition of oxygen uptake, which, however, is sub-sequently largely overcome due to the fact that alsohexokinase has to adjust to a new lower rate. Thiscan only be achieved if the ATP/ADP ratio de-creases. On the other hand, lowering of theATP/ADP ratio stimulates the translocator, whichpartly compensates the inhibitory action ofcarboxyatractyloside. The extent to which theATP/ADP ratio decreases is, of course, a functionof the kinetic constants of both hexokinase and theadenine nucleotide translocator for ATP andADP. Thus, the control strength of the transloca-tor is a function of the dependence of the rate ofboth reactions on ATP and ADP. This is one ofthe fundamental concepts of the control theory ofKacser and Burns [61,62]. Already in 1973 Kacser

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    Fig.3. Time course of the effect of a small amount ofcarboxyatractyloside on the respiration rate in an inter-mediate state. Incubation of rat-liver mitochondria(RLM) (0.80 mg protein/ml) in standard medium with9.2 mM succinate, 1 pM rotenone and 4.6 mM ATP. Astationary respiration rate of 61.8 nmolO2 *mg- .min-rwas adjusted by addition of an appropriate activity ofhexokinase (HK). Then 0.116 nmol carboxyatractyloside(CAT)/mg mitochondrial protein was added. The ratesof respiration in the different phases of inhibition aremarked by lines in the first derivative of the oxygen elec-trode signal. For comparison, the respiration uncoupledby 2,4-dinitrophenol (DNP) is recorded; data from [27].

    and Burns quantified this qualitative statement byshowing that there is an inverse relationship be-tween the control strengths of two adjacent enzy-mes and their elasticities towards the common in-termediate. Elasticity is defined as the fractionalchange in rate of an enzymic reaction induced bya fractional change in substrate concentration[61,62]. Thus, since in the experimental set-up usedhexokinase is insensitive towards ATP and ADP(low elasticity) compared to the translocator, a ma-jor part of the control at intermediate states ofrespiration is located at hexokinase (see [73]).

    In column 2 of table 4 (taken from [73]), thevalues of the control strengths in state 3 respirationare given. The control strength of the differentsteps was measured by using the following in-hibitors: carboxyatractyloside for the adeninenucleotide translocator, azide for cytochrome c ox-idase, phenylsuccinate for the dicarboxylate trans-locator and HQNO for the b-cl complex. Thepassive permeability of the mitochondrial innermembrane for protons was varied with uncoupler

    Table 4Distribution of control strength among different stepsduring State 3 respiration of rat-liver mitochondriaStep Control strength

    Measured SimulatedAdenine nucleotidetranslocatorProton leakDicarboxylate carrierCytochrome c oxidaseb-cl complexHexokinaseH+-ATPaseTotal

    0.29 f 0.05 0.320.04 f 0.01 0.020.33 + 0.04 0.44a0.17 + 0.01 0.170.03 f 0.005 0.01

    0 0n.d. 0.040.86 + 0.06 1.00

    a Dicarboxylate carrier plus succinate dehydrogenaseRat-liver mitochondria were incubated as described infig.2; excess hexokinase was present. The controlstrength of the various steps was measured as in [73] (seetext). The values are means * SE of 4 differentpreparations and are taken from [73]. In the last columnthe values for the control strength were simulated usingthe model in [52]

    (see [73]). It is clear that control is distributed overseveral different steps including cytochrome c ox-idase and the adenine nucleotide translocator.

    Whereas the use of irreversible inhibitors tomeasure control strength is straightforward, thereare several difficulties inherent in the use of com-petitive or noncompetitive inhibitors (discussed in[72]). The computer model offers the advantagethat the concentration of enzymes can easily bemanipulated. The values of the control strength ofdifferent steps in state 3 respiration as calculatedwith the aid of the model are given in column 3 oftable 4 (taken from [52]). The calculated andmeasured values are very similar, thus reinforcingthe conclusion that control of respiration isdistributed among several steps.

    5. CONCLUDING REMARKSIt is clear from the investigations described

    above that the adenine nucleotide translocator isdisplaced from equilibrium even at rather low rates

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    Volume 151, number 1 FEBS LETTERS January 1983of respiration. This finding shows that the extra-mitochondrial phosphate potential is not theprimary factor in the control of respiration inisolated mitochondria, in contrast to previous sug-gestions [22-251. Furthermore, the results showthat the adenine nucleotide translocator con-tributes significantly to the control of respiration.However, it is not the only rate-controlling step inoxidative phosphorylation, in contrast to earliersuggestions [1% 181. Other steps, including thecytochrome c oxidase reaction (cf. [25]), contributesignificantly to control of respiration. Moreover,the finding that the adenine nucleotide translocatoris not the only rate-controlling step implies that theextramitochondrial ATP/ADP ratio is not the onlyparameter controlling respiration. Indeed, the ex-tramitochondrial Pi concentration and the supplyof hydrogen, which provide the other substratesfor oxidative phosphorylation, play a significantrole in controlling respiration.

    The studies with isolated mitochondria haveshown that the distribution of control among dif-ferent steps is a function of the rate of respiration.It can be anticipated that a similar situation will beencountered in the intact cell. Our present effortsare directed towards elucidation of the factors in-volved in the control of respiration in vivo.

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