A proton pump is an integral membrane protein pump that builds up a proton gradient across a biological membrane. Proton pumps catalyzes the following reaction: H+[on one side of a biological membrane] + energy ⇌ H+[on the other side of the membrane] Mechanisms are based on energy-induced conformational changes of the protein structure, or on the Q cycle.
A proton pump is an integral membrane protein pump that builds up a proton gradient across a biological membrane. Proton pumps catalyzes the following reaction: H+[on one side of a biological membrane] + energy ⇌ H+[on the other side of the membrane] Mechanisms are based on energy-induced conformational changes of the protein structure, or on the Q cycle.
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