The C4 plants, which typically grow at high light intensity and high temperatures, have several important characteristics: high photosynthetic rates, high growth rates, low photorespiration rates, low rates of water loss, and a specialized leaf structure

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The energy stored in such a gradient, termed the proton-motive force.

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Chemical potential energy due to the difference in concentration of a chemical species (H + ) in the two regions (matrix and IMS) separated by the membrane.

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Electrical potential energy that results from the separation of charge when a proton moves across the membrane without a counterion.

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V-class proton pumps cannot acidify the lumen of an organelle because these pumps are electrogenic.

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For each H+ pumped across, a negative ion (e.g., OH− or Cl−) will be “left behind” on the cytosolic face, causing a buildup of negatively charged ions there.

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These oppositely charged ions attract each other on opposite faces of the membrane, generating a charge separation, or electric potential, across the membrane.