Proton-Motive Force
"Proton-Motive Force" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Energy that is generated by the transfer of protons or electrons across an energy-transducing membrane and that can be used for chemical, osmotic, or mechanical work. Proton-motive force can be generated by a variety of phenomena including the operation of an electron transport chain, illumination of a PURPLE MEMBRANE, and the hydrolysis of ATP by a proton ATPase. (From Singleton & Sainsbury, Dictionary of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, 2d ed, p171)
| Descriptor ID |
D018892
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G02.149.767.710 G02.842.750.710 G03.495.335.770
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| Concept/Terms |
delta pH- delta pH
- pH, delta
- pH gradient
- gradient, pH
- deltapH
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