MITCHELL, PETER DENNIS


Meaning of MITCHELL, PETER DENNIS in English

born , Sept. 29, 1920, Mitcham, Surrey, Eng.

died April 10, 1992, Bodmin, Cornwall

British chemist.

He discovered how the distribution of enzyme s in mitochondrial membranes helps them use energy from hydrogen ion s to convert ADP to ATP . He received a 1978 Nobel Prize for formulating the chemiosmotic theory, which explains how energy is generated in the mitochondria of living cells.

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