Explanation:
H+ pumps use energy to move H+ across membranes...
With no concentration difference, a gradient cannot be established. Thus, there is no movement of H+
Further Explanation:
For example, for H pumps in the inner membrane of the mitochondria like ATPase...
Hydrogen atoms contain 1 proton and 1 electron while being devoid of neutrons. When they lose their electron they form an ion or H+, a particle carrying a unit of positive charge. At the mitochondrial membrane, the outer membrane freely allows for the passage of H+ while the inner membrane does not. Mitochondria require H+ concentration gradients to produce ATP; i.e. high concentrations of of H+ in the intermembrane space and low H+ within the mitochondrial matrix.
The H+ being pumped outside the mitochondrial matrix leads to increased H+ within the intermembrane space, due to its high permeability. This forms a gradient where there is a differential in the number of protons on either side of the membrane the protons flow or re-enter the matrix through the enzyme ATP synthase, which makes the energy storage molecules of ATP from the reduction of ADP and inorganic phosphate, Pi.
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