Cell theory, polymer solubility

The precise action of the polymerase is not known. Indeed any mechanism by which a water-soluble monomer is polymerized inside a living cell and transported from the aqueous cytoplasm into a hydrophobic, highly crystalline granule is difficult to imagine. However, one theory is that the polymerizing enzyme locates the growing polymer chain and a new hydroxybutyrate unit at two thiol groups on... 

A generalized thermodynamic scheme has been introduced to describe redox and ionic sensitivity of CP [4]. In this theory the polymer is treated as the sparingly soluble mixed salts, CP" "e CP" "X N" "X with reduced and oxidized forms of the CP denoted as red and ox, respectively. A half-cell reaction for the CP I electroactive element (membrane or bridge) is then written as ... 

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