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Cell Biology > Chemiosmosis

 

   

All cells need to make ATP. Early on in the evolution of cells, a highly efficient mechanism for ATP synthesis arose: chemiosmosis.

Chemiosmosis is central to the metabolism of many types of cells: a methane-producing prokaryote living in an anaerobic swamp; a heart muscle cell burning glucose in the presence of O2; and a clover leaf mesophyll cell using sunlight to synthesize sugars. In each of these situations, chemiosmosis is the process that allows the cell to harvest energy from oxidation reactions and synthesize ATP.

In this lesson, you'll learn how chemiosmosis works and the pivotal role it plays in the metabolism of many cell types.

  graphic of a chloroplast, bacteria, and mitochondria

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  • Reviewed your lecture notes
  • Read the relevant pages from your text book
  • Reviewed the tutorial on Thermodynamics

Lesson Topics

   

Click a topic below. We recommend progressing in sequence.

   
Topic 1: Components of Chemiosmosis Topic 2: Chemiosmosis in eukaryotic organelles Topic 3: Evolution of Chemiosmosis
 

 

 

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