Figure 9.9 An Experiment Demonstrates the Chemiosmotic Mechanism
Original Paper: Jagendorf, A. T. and E. Uribe. 1966. ATP formation caused by aci
The chemiosmosis hypothesis was a bold departure from the conventional scientific thinking of the time. It required an intact compartment enclosed by a membrane. Could a proton gradient drive the synthesis of ATP? The first experiments to answer this question used chloroplasts, plant organelles that use the same mechanism as mitochondria to synthesize ATP.