Oxidative Phosphorylation of Heart Tissue from Vitamin E. Deficient Rabbits.

Abstract
An assay system is described for the direct measurement of the ability of heart prepns. to couple esterification of phosphate with oxygen uptake. With this system a high efficiency of phosphorylation is obtained with normal rabbit heart tissue. Heart tissue prepns. from rabbits made dystrophoic by lack of vit. E showed no decrease in the ability to carry out oxidative phosphorylation.