Studies in the Metabolism of Plant Cells XI. the Donnan Equilibration and the Ionic Relations of Plant Mitochondria

Abstract

Ionic relations of mitochondria from red beetroot tissue (Beta vulgaris L.) sllsponded in various salt media were studied. Under the conditions of the experiments the mitochondrial suspensions behaved us a two-phase system, one coni,aining immobile ions and showing Donnan effects. Rome differences between mitochondria which showed simple Donnan charactoristics and those accumulating chloride ions aro described.