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Direct measurement of electric current generation by cytochrome oxidase, H+-ATPase and bacteriorhodopsin.

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SUMMARY. A method for association of proteoliposomes with planar phospholipid membrane has been elaborated, by which operation of molecular electric generators, such as cytochrome oxidase, H+-ATPase and bacteriorhodopsin, can be followed using ordinary electrometer techniques.

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  1. Department of Bioenergetics, Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry Moscow State University,

    L. A. Drachev, A. A. Jasaitis, A. D. Kaulen, A. A. Kondrashin, E. A. Liberman, I. B. Nemecek, S. A. Ostroumov, A. Yu. Semenov & V. P. Skulachev

  2. Institute of Problems of Information Transmission, USSR Academy of Sciences, Moscow, USSR

    L. A. Drachev, A. A. Jasaitis, A. D. Kaulen, A. A. Kondrashin, E. A. Liberman, I. B. Nemecek, S. A. Ostroumov, A. Yu. Semenov & V. P. Skulachev

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Drachev, L., Jasaitis, A., Kaulen, A. et al. Direct measurement of electric current generation by cytochrome oxidase, H+-ATPase and bacteriorhodopsin.. Nature 249, 321–324 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1038/249321a0

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