ORDERED BINDING MODEL AS A GENERAL TIGHT COUPLING MECHANISM FOR BIOENERGY TRANSDUCTION - A HYPOTHESIS

Authors
YAMATO I
Citation
I. Yamato, ORDERED BINDING MODEL AS A GENERAL TIGHT COUPLING MECHANISM FOR BIOENERGY TRANSDUCTION - A HYPOTHESIS, Proceedings of the Japan Academy. Series B Physical and biological sciences, 69(8), 1993, pp. 218-223
Citations number
26
Categorie Soggetti
Multidisciplinary Sciences",Biology
Journal title
Proceedings of the Japan Academy. Series B Physical and biological sciences → ACNP
ISSN journal
03862208
Volume
69
Issue
8
Year of publication
1993
Pages
218 - 223
Database
ISI
SICI code
0386-2208(1993)69:8<218:OBMAAG>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
The mechanism of secondary active transport processes has been propose d as an ordered binding model, based on substrate binding studies depe ndent on coupling cation concentrations (Yamato, I. (1992) FEBS Lett., 298, 1-5). The reason why the systems adopt the ordered binding mecha nism is discussed from the point of view of the coupling efficiency of the energy transduction. It is proposed that the mechanism guarantees the tight coupling of the system. The ordered binding mechanism is th en proposed as the general mechanistic model for various bioenergy tra nsducing systems with tight coupling.