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Non Equilibrium Thermodynamic Analysis of Ion Transport and Membrane Metabolism

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The energetics of active ion transport have been analyzed in terms of linear non equilibrium thermodynamics. It is shown that the flux ratio may fail to evaluate the forces producing transport. For active sodium transport in epithelia both transport and oxygen consumption are linear functions of the electrical potential difference; this permitted a calculation of the free energy of the metabolic driving reaction.

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  1. Renal Laboratory, New England Medical Center Hospitals, Tufts University School of Medicine, USA

    A. Essig & S. R. Caplan

  2. Biophysical Laboratory, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass., USA

    A. Essig & S. R. Caplan

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  1. Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy

    Giulio Milazzo

  2. Istituto Chimico dell’Università, Rome, Italy

    Peter E. Jones (Visiting Professor) (Visiting Professor)

  3. Istituto di Chimica, Facoltà di Ingegneria dell’Università, Rome, Italy

    Liliana Rampazzo

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Essig, A., Caplan, S.R. (1971). Non Equilibrium Thermodynamic Analysis of Ion Transport and Membrane Metabolism. In: Milazzo, G., Jones, P.E., Rampazzo, L. (eds) Biological Aspects of Electrochemistry. Experientia Supplementum, vol 18. Birkhäuser, Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-5848-9_24

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