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INVESTIGATIONS of ion accumulation by isolated animal1–4 and plant5 mitochondria indicate that a high-energy intermediate of oxidative phosphorylation provides the necessary energy for the ion transport process in these organelles. The intermediate can be formed by either substrate oxidation or directly by ATP. The antibiotic, oligomycin, which had earlier been shown to block one of the terminal steps of the phosphorylation sequence6,7, does not inhibit the substrate-driven ion transport system but does inhibit the ATP-driven system1–5.
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HODGES, T. Oligomycin Inhibition of Ion Transport in Plant Roots. Nature 209, 425–426 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1038/209425a0
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