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MANY chemical compounds can uncouple electron transfer from energy accumulation in the respiratory chain. Uncouplers stimulate electron transfer in conditions in which the rate of oxidation is limited by coupled phosphorylation. The precise mechanism of uncoupling is obscure.
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SKULACHEV, V., SHARAF, A. & LIBERMAN, E. Proton Conductors in the Respirator Chain and Artificial Membranes. Nature 216, 718–719 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/216718a0
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