A procedure was developed to separate ad partially purify two NAD(P)H dehydrogenases from the inner membrane of cauliflower (Brsica okrcca L.) mitochondria. The procedure used Triton X-100 extraction followed by (NH4)2SO4 precipitation and gel filtration (Sepharose G-200 column) chromatography. The first dehydrogenase fraction (which elated in the column void volume) was specific for NADH, was stimulated by KO addition, and MATERIALS AND METHODS Mitochondrial Isolation. Mitochondria were isolated from cauliflower essentially as described by Ikuma and Bonner (10). Both the grinding and wash media, however, were supplemented with 20 mm Hepes buffer (pH 7. 1).Preparation of Mitoplasts. Methods used to subfractionate mitochondria were similar to those of Watrud et al. (26). However, modification of this subfractionation procedure was necessary to obtain mitoplasts (inner membrane plus matrix) free of outer membrane fragments. The modified procedure is given below.Percoll gradient-purified mitochondria (10-14 mg of mitochondrial protein) were collected and concentrated by centrifugation (12,000g for 5 min) according to standard procedures (12). The 12,000g supernatant fraction was discarded, and the pellet was resuspended in a minimal amount (<1.0 ml) of cold 10 mm phosphate buffer (pH 7.2) containing 1 mg/ml BSA. The mitochondrial suspension was slowly diluted with enough 10 mM phosphate buffer to reach a final volume ranging from 6 to 10 ml (approximately 1.5 mg/ml mitochondrial protein) and homogenized for 10 min in a Brinkman polytron2 (300 rotating strokes/min). The sucrose concentration was adjusted to 0.3 M by the addition of 1.8 M sucrose containing 2 mm MgSO. and 4 mM ATP. The suspension was homogenized for 5 min and then layered on discontinuous sucrose gradients (0.74, 1.10, and 1.25 M) that contained 10 mm phosphate buffer (pH 7.2) and I mg/ ml BSA. Gradients were centrifuged at 27,600g for 4 h in a Sorvall model HB-4 swinging bucket rotor at 4°C. The mitoplast ' Abbreviations: EPR, electron paramaetic resonance; N-decyl ubiquinone, 6-decyl-2,3-dimethoxy-5-methyl-1,4benzoquinone; CMS, pchloromercuriphenylsulfonic acid; CMB, p-chloromercuribenzoate.