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EVIDENCE has been put forward that naphthoquinone derivatives take part in the phosphorylation of adenosine diphosphate to adenosine triphosphate by animal tissues1, chloroplasts2 and bacteria3. A similar role in phosphorylation by animal tissues has been proposed for α-tocopherylquinone4. It is therefore possible to formulate an earlier suggestion5 in more general terms, as follows: 
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HARRISON, K. A Theory of Oxidative Phosphorylation. Nature 181, 1131 (1958). https://doi.org/10.1038/1811131a0
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