The potassium transport mechanism in yeasts. An important discovery carried out in México.
Keywords:
ATP, adenosine triphosphate, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, yeast, Armando Gómez PuyouAbstract
For many, it is an unquestionable fact that ATP (adenosine triphosphate), is the most important energy source the cell has to carry out any function. However, in the seventies (last century) those of us that worked and later collaborated with my dearest friend Armando Gómez Puyou, did not imagine that the single ATP molecules could provide all the energy required for the absorption and internal transport of the potassium atoms that baker's yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) requires as essential nutrient for growth. How does it do it? We asked ourselves in those days.
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