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.

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© 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)

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