How potassium came to be the dominant biological cation : of metabolism, chemiosmosis, and cation selectivity since the beginnings of life
In the cytoplasm of practically all living cells, potassium is the major cation while sodium dominates in the media (seawater, extracellular fluids). Both prokaryotes and eukaryotes have elaborate mechanisms and spend significant energy to maintain this asymmetric K+ /Na+ distribution. This essay pr...
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2022
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| Institution: | Nanyang Technological University |
| Language: | English |