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A novel oxidase activity of external NADH was found in mitochondria of a streptomycin-bleached mutant and the wild strain of Euglena gracilis. In contrast to higher plants the oxidation of external NADH in mitochondria of E. gracilis is sensitive to rotenone and yields the same phosphorylation efficiency as the matrix pool of NADH. Simulation of this activity by the classic complex I of the matrix side of the mitochondrial membrane, as a result of preparation-generated artefacts, is excluded. The external NADH-dehydrogenase activity is bound to the inner mitochondrial membrane with its active side facing the cytosol. State-4 enzyme activity is only slightly influenced by pH in the physiological range, whereas state-3 oxidation indicates an optimum in the physiological pH, as expected from a limitation by the ATPase. The external redox potential of NADH does not control enzyme activity. The results are discussed with respect to the metabolic status of the cells at the time of harvesting.
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Kümmel, U.W., Brinkmann, K. The oxidation of exogenous NADH by mitochondria of Euglena gracilis . Planta 176, 261–268 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00392454
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