“…While the presence of ATP could slowly release the tightly bound ADP during catalysis, the presence of sulfite significantly accelerated the ATP-dependent reactivation of the ADP-inhibited complex. However, sulfite was shown to inhibit ATP synthesis, in a way not readily explained by competition with Pi ( Pacheco-Moisés et al, 2002 ) and, consistently with the latter inhibition, was also shown to decrease the H + /ATP coupling ratio, as measured in the hydrolysis direction, both in the V-type ATPase ( Kibak et al, 1993 ), and in the ATP synthase ( Cappellini et al, 1997 ). The sulfite-activated hydrolysis was still completely inhibited by F O inhibitors, such as oligomycin, venturicidin, DCCD ( Moyle and Mitchell, 1975 ; Zhang et al, 1993 ; Cappellini et al, 1997 ; Pacheco-Moisés et al, 2000 ; Pacheco-Moisés et al, 2002 ).…”