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...membrane. That produces a voltage gradient and results in an electrical current flowing through the membrane. In the process, which involves at least five separate steps, each bacteriorhodopsin molecule pumps out a proton every 250th of a second and provides the energy the organism needs to synthesize adenosinetri-phosphate (ATP), the energy-storing molecule common to all living cells...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: The Proton Pump | 3/15/1976 | See Source »

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