Mitochondria and oxidative phosphorylation

I realize that I will have to skip the chapter on the mitochondria and oxidative phosphorylation which has been developed to such a high degree by Packer and others. This chapter is well known to everybody. Its further interpretation may have been facilitated by the finding that the bacterial membrane (inner membrane) functions in many ways like the mitochondrial membrane and that it can perform active transport. Mitchell s electrochemical model of oxidative phosphorylation has been greatly strengthened by studies on active transport of nutrients in bacterial strains, some of which have defective membrane ATPases. Heppel and his coworkers have provided us with some important guidelines based on experiments carried out by themselves as well as by other laboratories. 

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