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THE importance of oxidative phosphorylation in the respiratory chain of living organisms has led to intensive research into the possible in vivo and in vitro mechanisms of phosphorylation1, and several theories have been advanced which postulate quinol phosphates2–4 (or analogous nitrogenous systems derived from riboflavin5,6) as the active intermediates in phosphate transfer.
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CLARK, V., HUTCHINSON, D. & TODD, A. Oxidative Phosphorylation: Synthesis of Adenosine Diphosphate by the Oxidation of Quinol Phosphates. Nature 187, 59 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1038/187059a0
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