
Nick Lane, “A Matter of Energy: Biology From First Principles” (Open Agenda, 2021)
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The Origin of Life
i want to talk a little bit about a ration and a this notion of this proton motive force. We basily have a current of electrons in the membrane, sip from food and pass to oxygen. In so doing, you're pushing protons outside. And that bunt is driving the exclusion of protons across. Then we have like a hydroetric dam almost, where the membrane is the dam. And then there's a turbine in that dam, and which is the the eight p cynthes, which is the energy generating protein. It makes eht p, which is often called the energy currency of life. But its, you could think of it really as just cash to
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