Tension Gradients Accompanying Accelerated Oxygen Transport in a Membrane
- 20 August 1965
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 149 (3686) , 876-877
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.149.3686.876
Abstract
Facilitated transport of oxygen through hemoglobin has been studied by use of a membrane sandwich of hemoglobin, Teflon, and water. Transport is enhanced only when there is a hemoglobin-bound-02 gradient in the pigment. When passing through a fully oxygenated layer, the accelerated transport is carried by an increased diffusion gradient of oxygen pressure through the solvent. The results substantiate experimentally the diffusion gradients proposed by Zilversmit.Keywords
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