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Ammineruthenium(III) complexes have been found to act as electron acceptors for the transplasmalemma electron transport system of animal cells. The active complexes hexaammineruthenium(III), pyridine pentaammineruthenium(III), and chloropentaammineruthenium(III) range in redox potential (E′ 0) from 305 to −42 mV. These compounds also act as electron acceptors for the NADH dehydrogenase of isolated plasma membranes. Stimulation of HeLa cell growth, in the absence of calf serum, by these compounds provides evidence that growth stimulation by the transplasma membrane electron transport system is not entirely based on reduction and uptake of iron.
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Laliberté, J.F., Sun, I.L., Crane, F.L. et al. Ruthenium ammine complexes as electron acceptors for growth stimulation by plasma membrane electron transport. J Bioenerg Biomembr 19, 69–81 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00769733
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