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The Proton Pump of the Mitochondrial Respiratory Chain

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Biochemistry of Membrane Transport

Part of the book series: Proceedings in Life Sciences ((LIFE SCIENCES))

Abstract

Fifteen years after Mitchell (1961) first proposed the chemiosmotic hypothesis of oxidative phosphorylation, it has been experimentally established that redox chains and ATPase complexes of energy-transducing membranes directly convert metabolic energy into a transmembrane thermodynamic potential difference of protons (for review, see: Mitchell, 1972; Papa, 1976). The mechanism of the redox and the hydrolytic pumps and their role in ATP formation remain, however, yet to be understood (Papa, 1976).

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Papa, S., Guerrieri, F., Lorusso, M., Izzo, G., Boffoli, D., Capuano, F. (1977). The Proton Pump of the Mitochondrial Respiratory Chain. In: Semenza, G., Carafoli, E. (eds) Biochemistry of Membrane Transport. Proceedings in Life Sciences. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-66564-6_38

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