Chemiosmosis
A proton concentration gradient across a membrane drives ATP synthase, a rotary molecular motor, to synthesise ATP. A concentration disequilibrium becomes chemical fuel.
Atlas record: 3 claims reference this phenomenon — 3 established.
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Relations
- a proton gradient across a membrane containing ATP synthase
- ATP synthesised from ADP and phosphate
Matrix context
D = disequilibrium row · C = coupling family column. A cell reads the state of the atlas for that pair.
Enumerated routes through this · 9
- Chemiosmotic ATP synthesis2/2 est · demonstrated
- Temperature gradient → Soret effect → Concentration gradient → Chemiosmosis → Chemical fuel4/4 est · extends a recorded pathway
- Chemical potential difference → Combustion → Temperature gradient → Soret effect → Concentration gradient → Chemiosmosis → Chemical fuel6/6 est · same energy form
- Electric potential difference → Peltier effect → Temperature gradient → Soret effect → Concentration gradient → Chemiosmosis → Chemical fuel6/6 est · extends a recorded pathway
- Electric potential difference → Ettingshausen effect → Temperature gradient → Soret effect → Concentration gradient → Chemiosmosis → Chemical fuel6/6 est · extends a recorded pathway
- Incident radiation flux → Photothermal absorption → Temperature gradient → Soret effect → Concentration gradient → Chemiosmosis → Chemical fuel6/6 est · extends a recorded pathway
- Radiative imbalance with the sky → Radiative sky cooling → Temperature gradient → Soret effect → Concentration gradient → Chemiosmosis → Chemical fuel6/6 est · extends a recorded pathway
- Nuclear binding-energy difference → Nuclear fission → Temperature gradient → Soret effect → Concentration gradient → Chemiosmosis → Chemical fuel6/6 est · extends a recorded pathway
- Nuclear binding-energy difference → Nuclear fusion → Temperature gradient → Soret effect → Concentration gradient → Chemiosmosis → Chemical fuel4/6 est · extends a recorded pathway
Cited sources · 2
- [1]P. Mitchell. Coupling of phosphorylation to electron and hydrogen transfer by a chemi-osmotic type of mechanism (1961)
- [2]D. G. Nicholls, S. J. Ferguson. Bioenergetics (4th ed.) (2013)
Cite this entity
Physical Transformation Atlas (2026). entity phenomenon:chemiosmosis: Chemiosmosis. Dataset revision rbfbfcbb70e57 (hash of the canonical data). https://physical-transformation-atlas.wldud5192.workers.dev/phenomenon/chemiosmosis
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