Proton-motive force

... this ATP remained irreversibly bound to the protein unless an external force was applied (3,6). They then surmised that if ATP-synthase could be ... remain bound. However, further rotation of the g-subunit, driven by proton translocation, forces the expulsion of the ATP-product molecule through ...

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... the difference in the concentration of hydrogen ions that creates the proton electromotive force. Let's say that a strain of cells undergoes a mutation that increases the permeability ...

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... of acidophilic microorganism, where there is a high concentration of proton on the outside, there is a flux of proton to the inside of the microorganism, force that is used for the synthesis of ATP. In some organism (like the one that I study..jeje), ...

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