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Re:Our ancestor’s ‘leaky’ membrane answers big questions in ... by ErikRogneby on Wednesday August 13, 2014 @02:09PM (#8174218)
Great summary. I appreciate the automotive metaphors.
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Re:Our ancestor’s ‘leaky’ membrane answers big questions in ... by twic on Wednesday August 13, 2014 @04:27PM (#8174860)
They're not metaphors - the ATPase actually does spin round to make ATP:

http://biocadmin.otago.ac.nz/pic/ATPaseanim.gif

Although it's more like a turbine than a crank. And if you're increasing the degree of a gradient of charged particles above what happens naturally, you're supercharging it!

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Re:Our ancestor’s ‘leaky’ membrane answers big questions in ... by ErikRogneby on Wednesday August 13, 2014 @05:58PM (#8175216)
Even more awesome then.
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