title: Chemical models of oxidative phosphorylation.
abstract: Chemical models for coupling oxidation to phosphorylation are summarized and examined both from the standpoint of organic reaction mechanisms and with respect to their relevance to mitochondria and chloroplasts. In order to accelerate the progress of our research in bioenergetics, it is suggested to focus at least as much attention on structural biochemistry as on phenomenological observations of energy-transducing membranes.
mesh_terms: D001665:Binding Sites; D055598:Chemical Phenomena; D002621:Chemistry; D007700:Kinetics; D008954:Models, Biological; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010085:Oxidative Phosphorylation