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A fundamental understanding of oxidative phosphorylation will involve chemical reaction mechanisms. Since chemical reaction mechanisms describe in detail the making and/or breaking of chemical bonds, before a meaningful reaction mechanism can be formulated for a given reaction, the actual bonds involved must be known. This applies to all chemical reactions, including the chemical reactions in oxidative phosphorylation.
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Korman, E.F., McLick, J. (1972). ATP Synthesis in Oxidative Phosphorylation: A Direct-Union Stereochemical Reaction Mechanism. In: Avery, J. (eds) Membrane Structure and Mechanisms of Biological Energy Transduction. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-2016-6_14
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