Table 8. Terms, symbols, and units. SI base units are used, except for the liter [L = dm3]. SI refers to ref. [11].
Term | Link to MitoPedia term | Symbol | Unit | Links and comments |
---|---|---|---|---|
alternative quinol oxidase] | alternative oxidase | AOX | - | Fig. 1B |
adenosine monophosphate | AMP | AMP | - | 2 ADP ↔ ATP+AMP |
adenosine diphosphate | ADP | ADP | - | Tab. 1; Fig. 1, 2, 5 |
adenosine triphosphate | ATP | ATP | - | Fig. 2, 5 |
adenylates | adenylates | AMP, ADP, ATP | - | Section 2.5.1 |
amount of substance X | amount | nX or n(X) | [mol] | SI |
ATP yield per O2 | ATP yield | YP»/O2 | - | P»/O2 ratio measured in any respiratory state |
catabolic reaction | catabolic reaction | k | - | Fig. 1, 3 |
catabolic rate of respiration | respiration | JkO2; IkO2 | varies | Fig. 1, 3; see flux J and flow I |
cell count | cell count, count | Nce | [x] | Tab. 4; Fig. 5; see number of cells |
cell mass | cell mass | mce | [kg] | Tab. 5; Fig. 5 |
cell mass, mass per cell | cell mass | MNce | [kg∙x-1] | Tab. 5; Fig. 5 |
cell-mass concentration | mass concentration | Cmce | [kg∙L-1] | see Cms: Tab. 4; Cmce = mce∙V-1 |
cell-count concentration | count concentration | Cce | [x∙L-1] | Tab. 4; Cce = Nce∙V-1 |
cell viability index | cell viability | VI | - | VI = Nvce∙Nce-1 = 1 - Ndce∙Nce-1 |
charge number of entity B | charge number | zB | - | Tab. 6; zO2 = 4 [[[Cohen 2008 IUPAC Green Book |24]]] |
Complexes I to IV | Complex I | CI to CIV | - | respiratory ET Complexes are redox proton pumps; Fig. 1B; F1FO-ATPase is not a redox proton pump of the ETS, hence the term CV is not recommended |
concentration of X, count | concentration | CX = NX∙V-1 | [x∙L-1] | Tab. 4 (number concentration [[[Cohen 2008 IUPAC Green Book |24]]]) |
concentration of B, amount | concentration | cB = NB∙V-1 | [mol∙L-1] | SI: amount of substance concentration [[[Cohen 2008 IUPAC Green Book |24]]] |
concentration of O2, amount | concentration | cO2 = nO2∙V-1 | [mol∙L-1] | Box 2; [O2] |
count format | format | N | [x] | Tab. 4, 5; Fig. 5 |
count of X | count | NX | [x] | SI; see number of entities X |
coupling control state | coupling control state | CCS | - | Section 2.4.1 |
dead cells | cell viability | dce | - | Tab. 5 |
electrical format | format | e | [C] | Tab. 6 |
electron transfer, state | electron transfer state | ET | - | Tab. 1; Fig. 2B, 4 (State 3u) |
electron transfer system | electron transfer system | ETS | - | Fig. 2B, 4 (electron transport chain) |
entity | entity | X | [x] | single countable object; Tab. 4 |
ET-capacity | ET-capacity | E | varies | rate; Tab. 1; Fig. 2 |
ET-excess capacity | ET-excess capacity | E-P | varies | Fig. 2 |
flow, for O2 | flow | IO2 | [mol∙s-1] | system-related extensive quantity; Fig. 5 |
flux, for O2 | flux | JO2 | varies | size-specific quantity; Fig. 5 |
inorganic phosphate | inorganic phosphate | Pi | - | Fig. 1C |
inorganic phosphate carrier | inorganic phosphate carrier | PiC | - | Fig. 1C |
isolated mitochondria | isolated mitochondria | imt | - | Tab. 5 |
living cells | living cells | ce | - | Tab. 5 (intact cells) |
LEAK-state | LEAK-state | LEAK | - | Tab. 1; Fig. 2 (compare State 4) |
LEAK-respiration | LEAK-respiration | L | varies | rate; Tab. 1; Fig. 2 |
mass concentration of sample s | concentration | Cms | [kg∙L-1] | Tab. 4 |
mass format | format | m | [kg] | Tab. 4 |
mass of diluted sample | mass | ms | [kg] | SI: mass of pure sample mS |
mass per single object | mass | MNX | [kg∙x1] | Fig. 5; Tab. 4; SI: m(X); compare molar mass M(X) |
mass, dry mass | mass | md | [kg] | Fig. 5 (dry weight) |
mass, wet mass | mass | mw | [kg] | Fig. 5 (wet weight) |
MITOCARTA | MITOCARTA | |||
MitoPedia | MitoPedia | |||
mitochondria or mitochondrial | mitochondria | mt | - | Box 1 |
mitochondrial DNA | mitochondrial DNA | mtDNA | - | Box 1 |
mitochondrial concentration | concentration | CmtE = mtE∙V-1 | [mtEU∙L-1] | Tab. 4 |
mitochondrial content | mitochondrial content | mtENX | [mtEU∙x-1] | mtENX = mtE∙NX-1; Tab. 4 |
mitochondrial density | density | DmtE=mtE∙ms-1 | [mtEU∙kg-1] | tissue-mass specific mt-density; Tab. 4 |
mitochondrial elementary marker | mitochondrial elementary marker | mtE | [mtEU] | quantity of mt-marker; Tab. 4 |
mitochondrial elementary unit | mitochondrial elementary unit | mtEU | varies | specific units for mt-marker; Tab. 4 |
mitochondrial inner membrane | mitochondrial inner membrane | mtIM | - | Fig. 1; Box 1 (MIM) |
mitochondrial outer membrane | mitochondrial outer membrane | mtOM | - | Fig. 1; Box 1 (MIM) |
mitochondrial recovery | mitochondrial recovery | YmtE | - | fraction of mtE recovered from the tissue sample in imt-stock |
mitochondrial yield | mitochondrial yield | YmtE/ms | [mtEU∙kg-1] | mt-yield in imt-stock per mass of tissue sample; YmtE/ms=YmtE∙DmtE |
molar format | format | n | [mol] | Tab. 6 |
molar mass | molar mass | MB | [kg∙mol-1] | compare MNB [kg∙x-1]; SI M(X) |
negative | negative | neg | - | Fig. 2 |
number of cells | number | Nce | [x] | total cell count of living cells, Nce = Nvce + Ndce; Tab. 4, 5 |
number of dead cells | cell viability | Ndce | [x] | non-viable cell count, loss of plasma membrane barrier function; Tab. 5 |
number of entities B | count | NB | [x] | Tab. 4 [[[Cohen 2008 IUPAC Green Book |24]]] |
number of entities X; count | count | NX | [x] | ‘count’ is an SI quantity [11], but the counting unit [x] is not in the SI [95]; Tab. 4; Fig. 5 |
number of viable cells | viability | Nvce | [x] | viable cell count, intact plasma membrane barrier function; Tab. 5 |
organisms | organism | org | - | Tab. 5 |
oxidative phosphorylation | oxidative phosphorylation | OXPHOS | - | Tab. 1 |
OXPHOS-state | OXPHOS-state | OXPHOS | - | Tab. 1; Fig. 2; OXPHOS-state distinguished from the process OXPHOS (State 3 at kinetically-saturating [ADP] and [Pi]) |
OXPHOS-capacity | OXPHOS-capacity | P | varies | rate; Tab. 1; Fig. 2 |
oxygen concentration | concentration | cO2 = nO2∙V-1 | [mol∙L-1] | [O2]; Section 3.2 |
oxygen flux, in reaction r | oxygen flux | JrO2 | varies | Overview |
pathway control state | pathway control state | Example | Example | Example |
permeability transition | permeability transition | Example | Example | Example |
permeabilized cells | permeabilized cells | Example | Example | Example |
permeabilized muscle fibers | permeabilized muscle fibers | Example | Example | Example |
permeabilized tissue | permeabilized tissue | Example | Example | Example |
phosphorylation of ADP to ATP | phosphorylation | Example | Example | Example |
P»/O2 ratio | phosphorylation | Example | Example | Example |
positive | positive | Example | Example | Example |
proton in the negative compartment | proton in the negative compartment | Example | Example | Example |
proton in the positive compartment | proton in the positive compartment | Example | Example | Example |
protonmotive force | protonmotive force | Example | Example | Example |
rate in ET-state | ET | Example | Example | Example |
rate in LEAK-state | LEAK | Example | Example | Example |
rate in OXPHOS-state | OXPHOS | Example | Example | Example |
rate in ROX state | residual oxygen consumption | Example | Example | Example |
residual oxygen consumption | residual oxygen consumption | Example | Example | Example |
respiration | respiration | Example | Example | Example |
respiratory supercomplex | supercomplex | Example | Example | Example |
sample | sample | Example | Example | Example |
substrate concentration at half-maximal rate | substrate concentration at half-maximal rate | Example | Example | Example |
substrate-uncoupler-inhibitor-titration | substrate-uncoupler-inhibitor-titration | Example | Example | Example |
tissue homogenate | tissue homogenate | Example | Example | Example |
viable cells | viable cells | Example | Example | Example |
volume of chamber | volume | Example | Example | Example |
volume format | format | Example | Example | Example |
volume of sample s | volume | Vs | [L] | Fig. 5; Tab. 5 |
- Keywords—MitoPedia - >>>>>>> - Click on [Expand] or [Collapse] - >>>>>>>