Using super-slow motion movie, scientists pin down the workings of a key proton pump
Thursday, December 22, 2016 - 14:01
in Physics & Chemistry
Using powerful new tools, scientists from the RIKEN SPring-8 Center and collaborators have demonstrated how bacteriorhodopsin, a "proton pump", uses light to transport protons across the cell membrane to create a charge difference that can be used to power a cell's activities.