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• Apr-20 Mo

Mitochondrial respiration medium MiR05 wins - KCl inhibits

- from the O2k-Network »US TN Nashville Wasserman DH« and »US MI East Lansing Bazil JN«

• Wollenman LC, Vander Ploeg MR, Miller ML, Zhang Y, Bazil JN (2017) The effect of respiration buffer composition on mitochondrial metabolism and function. PLOS ONE 12:e0187523. - »Bioblast link«

Did you know that some substrates alone cannot maintain a stable mitochondrial respiratory flux in OXPHOS?

Unstable respiratory fluxes in OXPHOS might be due to substrates limitation - » Pyruvate - troubleshooting«

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• Apr-21 Tu

Citrate synthase activity is commonly applied as a mitochondrial marker - and erroneous applications are common in the literature. - »MiPNet17.04 CitrateSynthase«

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• Apr-22 We

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• Apr-24 Fr

ETC - the electron transport chain - is the most frequently applied misnomer in bioenergetics. Y Hatefi in the team of DE Green clarified this 58 years ago, introducing the concept of the electron transfer system. - »Hatefi 1962 J Biol Chem-XLII«

In the artwork "First Fruits of the Earth Offered to Saturn" at the Palazzo Vecchio, Saturn (Cronus in Greek mythology) is holding the Ouroboros in the hand, symbolizing the eternal cycle of renewal and the interconnectedness of beginning and end.  » Oroboros pictures of the month