MeSH definition : Chemical agents that uncouple oxidation from phosphorylation in the metabolic cycle
so that ATP synthesis does not occur. Included here are those IONOPHORES that disrupt
electron transfer by short-circuiting the proton gradient across mitochondrial membranes.;
Chemical agents that uncouple oxidation from phosphorylation in the metabolic cycle
so that ATP synthesis does not occur. Included here are those IONOPHORES that disrupt
electron transfer by short-circuiting the proton gradient across mitochondrial membranes.