
The SciencesMarch 1, 1978
How Cells Make ATP
The prevailing theory is the "chemiosmotic" one. Light or oxidation drives protons across a membrane; then the energy-rich compound ATP is formed as the protons flow back through a complex of enzymes

How Cells Make ATP
The prevailing theory is the "chemiosmotic" one. Light or oxidation drives protons across a membrane; then the energy-rich compound ATP is formed as the protons flow back through a complex of enzymes