Energy-Transducing Reaction in Biologyical Members. IV. A Model of Oxidative Phosphorylation and Ion Accumulation in Mitochondria Based on A Thioachylation Mechanism

Abstract

A hypothesis of oxidative phosphorylation, and ion transport, in mito-chondria is proposed in which reduction and contraction of a respiratory electron-carrier complex is considered to result in mechanicochemical synthesis, within a membrane, of a thioester crosslink and release of a membrane weak base B: