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Science 19 June 1970:
Vol. 168. no. 3938, p. 1460
DOI: 10.1126/science.168.3938.1460
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Potassium-Adenosine Triphosphate Complex: Formation Constant Measured with Ion-Selective Electrodes

G. A. Rechnitz 1 and M. S. Mohan 1

1 Department of Chemistry, State University of New York, Buffalo 14214

Valinomycin and glass electrodes were used to measure activity of potassium ions in equilibrium with adenosine triphosphate. The thermodynamic formation constant of the complex is approximately 25 times greater than indirect measurements predict.


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