Sunday, June 16, 2019

Nick Lane --The Vital Question, Post #6 -- June 12, 2019

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  • Ribosomes: 13 million ribosomes in a single liver cell
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  • ATP: a single cell consumers around 10 million molecules of ATP every second.
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  • Respiratory complexes: one mitochondrion contains tens of thousands of copies of each respiratory complex.
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  • Electric field: the ATP "feels" a force of 30 million volts per meter, equal to a bolt of lightning, or a thousand times the capacity of normal household wiring.
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