Document Type
Editorial
Publication Date
2013
DOI
10.4172/2167-7662.1000e114
Publication Title
Bioenergetics: Open Access
Volume
2
Issue
2
Pages
1000e114
Abstract
[First Paragraph] Only a half-century ago, British scientist Peter Mitchell proposed the conceptual scheme known as "chemiosmotic theory" that identified the role of proton coupling in the formation of ATP in cells [1,2]. Mitchell's delocalized proton-coupling chemiosmotic theory was initially quite controversial. But it would win for him the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1978. However, questions about Mitchell's chemiosmotic hypothesis have never gone away and a number of credible studies indicated the full extent of Mitchell's idea didn't always hold up to experience.
Rights
© 2013 Lee JW.
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Original Publication Citation
Lee, J. W. (2013). Membrane surface charges attracted protons are not relevant to proton motive force. Bioenergetics: Open Access, 2(2), 1-3, Article 1000e114. https://doi.org/10.4172/2167-7662.1000e114
ORCID
0000-0003-2525-5870 (Lee)
Repository Citation
Lee, James Weifu, "Membrane Surface Charges Attracted Protons Are Not Relevant to Proton Motive Force" (2013). Chemistry & Biochemistry Faculty Publications. 338.
https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/chemistry_fac_pubs/338