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Action of the herbicides neburon and siduron on membrane permeabilities in potato tuber mitochondria
Author(s) -
GAUVRIT CHRISTIAN
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
physiologia plantarum
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.351
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1399-3054
pISSN - 0031-9317
DOI - 10.1111/j.1399-3054.1980.tb03284.x
Subject(s) - swelling , mitochondrion , oxidative phosphorylation , solanum tuberosum , membrane , chemistry , biophysics , inner mitochondrial membrane , phosphorylation , membrane potential , biochemistry , biology , botany , chemical engineering , engineering
The herbicides neburon and siduron are uncouplers of oxidative phosphorylation in potato tuber ( Solanum tuberosum L. cv. Bintje) mitochondria. Their effect on the ion permeabilities of the mitochondrial membrane was investigated using the acid‐base pulse technique, swelling experiments and integrity tests. Both herbicides permeabilize the membrane to H + ions. They have no action on the permeabilities of K + and Fe(CN) 3− 6 . The swelling observed with Ca 2+ was better interpreted as an effect on membrane structure than as a true swelling. Diuron, a parent compound that does not uncouple oxidative phosphorylation, does not act on Ca 2+ ‐induced apparent swelling.