Evidence map›Paper›PMID 22083127›Full record

ArticleJournal of bioenergetics and biomembranes2011

New perspectives on photosynthetic phosphorylation in the light of a torsional mechanism of energy transduction and ATP synthesis.

Sunil Nath, Ravikrishnan Elangovan

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Article in Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
0.1field-weighted citation impact, top 47% of its field
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6 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sunil NathDepartment of Biochemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi, 110016, India. sunil_nath_iit@yahoo.com
Ravikrishnan Elangovan
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi · IN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

New perspectives on photophosphorylation have been offered from the standpoint of the torsional mechanism of energy transduction and ATP synthesis. New experimental data on the involvement of malate anions in ATP synthesis in an acid-base malate bath procedure has been reported on spinach chloroplast thylakoids as the model system. The data cannot be reconciled with the chemiosmotic theory but has been shown to be naturally explained by the torsional mechanism. The path of malic acid in the acid and base stages of the experiment has been traced, offering further strong support to the new paradigm. Classical observations in the field have been re-interpreted in the light of these findings. A new concept of ion translocation, energy transduction and coupling at the overall physiological level in photophosphorylation has been presented and a large number of novel experimentally testable predictions have been made and shown to arise as logical consequences of the new perspectives.

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Models, BiologicalAdenosine TriphosphateMalatesPhosphorylationPhotosynthesisSpinacia oleraceaThylakoidsAdenosine TriphosphateMalatesmalic acid

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PMID22083127
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