Bacterial Cells Use Various Membrane Pumps and Metabolic Pathways to Adjust

question 20

Essay

Bacterial cells use various membrane pumps and metabolic pathways to adjust and maintain their proton motive force at a size sufficient to drive ATP synthesis and other processes. Why should the proton motive force (PMF) not be larger than necessary? Give an example of a factor affecting PMF generation.

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