Complexation Terms Links

According to Papa,137 the mechanism which links the redox enzymes with the ATPase complex is the proton flow. Each of these complexes is linked with the other complexes through the proton flow. In terms of thermodynamics the functioning of the primary proton pump results in an electrochemical potential gradient across the membrane, which includes the concentration and electric terms ... 

Equation 4.25 shows that S lCEO) differs from 5i(0,0) only by the sign of the second term. Thus, for 5i(0,0) an addition is performed, and for 5i(l,0) a subtraction is performed. Figure 4.1a is a schematic shorthand notation for the summation in Eq. 4.24. The schematic is read by interpreting the symbols near the head and tail of the arrows. For example, 5i(0,1) = 5i(lio) = 5o(lio) +5o(3io)W , where the subscript 10 indicates that the numbers are to the base 10. The 5i(lio) and 5i(3io) are linked by a dual-node-pair arrow, which indicates that they are calculated simultaneously, as all their terms are identical. This summation has required only one complex term to be calculated (W°) and two multiplications. 

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