Reaction Kinetics and Catalysis Letters, Vol.90, No.2, 401-404, 2007
Proton gradient energy in the catalytic ATP synthesis
ATP synthesis assisted by the F1F0-ATP synthase enzyme is considered in the context of chemical thermodynamics. It is shown that the proton gradient itself has no energy. For this reason, ATP synthesis with the participation of protons' gradient has no privileges in comparison with direct ATP synthesis.