Figure 1.

Palmitate, palmitoyl-CoA (P-CoA) and palmitoyl carnitine (PC) respiration kinetics in permeabilized muscle fibres. Palmitate was titrated in the presence of malate (2mM), ADP (5mM), Co-enzyme A (1mM) and L-carnitine (2mM). P-CoA was titrated in the presence of malate (2mM), ADP (5mM) and L-carnitine (2mM). PC was titrated in the presence of malate (2mM) and ADP (5mM). All respiration chambers contained 25 μM blebbistatin. All R2 values are above 0.98. P-CoA was inhibitory on respiration at ∼220 μM and PC was inhibitory on respiration at 100 μM. N=6 and each independent experiment was performed in duplicate, and data is expressed as mean ± SEM.