BIOL 205 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Chemiosmosis, Atp Synthase, Membrane Transport Protein

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The fundamental need to generate energy efficiently has had a profound influence on the history of life on earth. Much of the structure, function, and evolution of cells and organisms can be related to their need for energy. The earliest cells may have produced atp by breaking down organic molecules, left by earlier geochemical processes, using some form of fermentation. Fermentation reactions occur in the cytosol of present-day cells. These reactions use the energy derived from the partial oxidation of energy-rich food molecules to form atp, the chemical energy currency of cells. But very early in the history of life, a much more efficient method for generating energy and synthesizing atp appeared. This process is based on the transport of electrons along membranes. Billions of years later, it is so central to the survival of life on earth that we devote this entire chapter to it.

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