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Proton-ATPases can be divided into three main classes: (1) Plasma membrane-type, which operates via a phosphoenzyme intermediate, and therefore is part of the E1-E2 ion pumps. (2) The mitochondrial-type, which is present in eubacteria, mitochondria and chloroplasts. It operates without phosphoenzyme intermediate and its main function is to phosphorylate ADP at the expense of proton motive force. (3) The vacuolar-type ATPase, which is present in the vacuolar system of eukaryotic cells and probably in archaebacteria. It functions in a controlled pumping of protons into organelles of the vacuolar system via unknown mechanism that presumably does not involve phosphoenzyme intermediate.

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Moriyama, Y., Nelson, N. (1989). The Proton-ATPase of Chromaffin Granules and Synaptic Vesicles. In: Marzuki, S. (eds) Molecular Structure, Function, and Assembly of the ATP Synthases. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0593-4_14

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