Respiration mimetic reactions

In the following, the outline of the redox reaction between O2 in W and decamethyl-ferrocene in O catalysed by flavin mononucleotide (FMN) in W evolving CO2, which was elucidated by applying VCTIES, will be introduced [12,13]. The selective ion transfer controlled by the redox reaction will also be discussed. The respiration mimetic reactions such as the redox reactions between -nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide and ascorbic acid or oxygen in W and quinone derivatives or hydroquinone derivatives, respectively, were also investigated with the aid of VCTIES [14,15], though they are not introduced here. 

In this chapter, a novel interpretation of the membrane transport process elucidated based on a voltammetric concept and method is presented, and the important role of charge transfer reactions at aqueous-membrane interfaces in the membrane transport is emphasized [10,17,18]. Then, three respiration mimetic charge (ion or electron) transfer reactions observed by the present authors at the interface between an aqueous solution and an organic solution in the absence of any enzymes or proteins are introduced, and selective ion transfer reactions coupled with the electron transfer reactions are discussed [19-23]. The reaction processes of the charge transfer reactions and the energetic relations... 

The respiration mimetic redox reactions at the W/O interface and membrane phenomena introduced here might endow some views useful for better understanding of physiological phenomena at biomembranes. 

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