ATPase, an electron carrier and energy transducer: the missing link in oxidative phosphorylation?

Abstract
A mechanism for oxidative phosphorylation is proposed. ATP synthesis would take place on a catalytic site of ATPase constituted by two irons with ligands ATP, ADP, and Pi. The interchange of ATP with ADP and Pi makes possible a redox cycle between two potentials permitting the energy transduction.
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Oxidative Phosphorylation, Adenosine Diphosphate/biosynthesis/pharmacology, Adenosine Triphosphatases/metabolism, Animals, Electron Transport, Energy Transfer, Enzyme Activation/drug effects, Liver/enzymology/metabolism, Mitochondria, Rats
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