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Figure 3.30 The conformon model of the from-chemical-to-mechanical and from-

mechanical-to-osmotic energy transductions in mitochondria. (a) A proposed mechanism

for the conversion of the chemical free energy of substrates (AH2 + B) to the elastic free

energy (or conformons) of the enzyme. Reproduced from [6]. (b) A molecular mechanism

of generating conformons from an exergonic chemical reaction, E•S → E*•P 1 , and of utiliz-

ing conformons for driving active transport, E*•P 1 → E•P 2. Reproduced from [14]. The

symbol E* indicates the energized state of E and the symbol (.. .)‡ indicates the transition

state of the reaction complex.

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