Template:SUIT text D032

SUIT-020 O2 mt D032 is design to assess the additivity between N-pathway and S- pathway in the Q-junction as well as investigate the N- and NS-pathway control state in mitochondrial preparations. It can serve as a diagnostic tool for the activity of glutamate dehydrogenase and its linked pathway. Oligomycin (Omy) is used to induce a LEAK state of respiration via the inhibition of the ATP synthase. Oligomycin has to be titrated in small amounts to avoid overtitration and inhibition of the flux in the ET-state. The Complex III inhibitor Antimycin A (Ama) blocks the respiration. Originially this is a protocol for simultaneous determination of O₂ flux and mitochondrial membrane potential on isolated mitochondria and tissue homogenate. It is can be used as a control experiment for SUIT-020 Fluo mt D033 without using the fluorescence dye to evaluate its effect on the O₂ flux as a control.