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Energy Transfer Mechanisms in Mitochondria

Author(s) -

Gábor Kemény

Publication year - 1974

Publication title -

proceedings of the national academy of sciences

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 5.011

H-Index - 771

eISSN - 1091-6490

pISSN - 0027-8424

DOI - 10.1073/pnas.71.9.3669

Subject(s) - dissipative system , energy transfer , mitochondrion , energy (signal processing) , transduction (biophysics) , physics , biophysics , biology , chemical physics , thermodynamics , microbiology and biotechnology , quantum mechanics

The problem of free energy transfer and transduction in mitochondria is reviewed from the point of view of conservative and dissipative mechanisms. Excited states are inherently dissipative and are not considered viable possibilities. If the free energy is already a local minimum and present in the form of potential energy, conservative transfer is possible within a properly designed medium. The design features are compatible with what is known about mitochondria.

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