Formation mechanism of thermally controlled pH gradients
Cells use pH gradients to drive the synthesis of adenosine triphosphate (ATP), but the physicochemical mechanisms that can produce pH gradients in non-equilibrium settings are poorly understood. The authors here theoretically and experimentally investigate the formation of a pH gradient in an acid-b...
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| author | Thomas Matreux Bernhard Altaner Johannes Raith Dieter Braun Christof B. Mast Ulrich Gerland |
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| description | Cells use pH gradients to drive the synthesis of adenosine triphosphate (ATP), but the physicochemical mechanisms that can produce pH gradients in non-equilibrium settings are poorly understood. The authors here theoretically and experimentally investigate the formation of a pH gradient in an acid-base reaction system, driven by a heat flow, providing insights on how crude non-equilibrium systems can feed chemical gradients exploitable by life. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-34542bc012c24278b38748fd3a4f18e52023-01-22T12:16:08ZengNature PortfolioCommunications Physics2399-36502023-01-01611910.1038/s42005-023-01126-yFormation mechanism of thermally controlled pH gradientsThomas Matreux0Bernhard Altaner1Johannes Raith2Dieter Braun3Christof B. Mast4Ulrich Gerland5Systems Biophysics, Ludwig Maximilian University MunichPhysics of Complex Biosystems, Technical University of MunichPhysics of Complex Biosystems, Technical University of MunichSystems Biophysics, Ludwig Maximilian University MunichSystems Biophysics, Ludwig Maximilian University MunichPhysics of Complex Biosystems, Technical University of MunichCells use pH gradients to drive the synthesis of adenosine triphosphate (ATP), but the physicochemical mechanisms that can produce pH gradients in non-equilibrium settings are poorly understood. The authors here theoretically and experimentally investigate the formation of a pH gradient in an acid-base reaction system, driven by a heat flow, providing insights on how crude non-equilibrium systems can feed chemical gradients exploitable by life.https://doi.org/10.1038/s42005-023-01126-y |
| spellingShingle | Thomas Matreux Bernhard Altaner Johannes Raith Dieter Braun Christof B. Mast Ulrich Gerland Formation mechanism of thermally controlled pH gradients Communications Physics |
| title | Formation mechanism of thermally controlled pH gradients |
| title_full | Formation mechanism of thermally controlled pH gradients |
| title_fullStr | Formation mechanism of thermally controlled pH gradients |
| title_full_unstemmed | Formation mechanism of thermally controlled pH gradients |
| title_short | Formation mechanism of thermally controlled pH gradients |
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| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s42005-023-01126-y |
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