Murphy M P
Department of Medicine, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY.
Biochim Biophys Acta. 1989 Nov 23;977(2):123-41. doi: 10.1016/s0005-2728(89)80063-5.
During oxidative phosphorylation by mammalian mitochondria part of the free energy stored in reduced substrates is dissipated and energy is released as heat. Here I review the mechanisms and the physiological significance of this phenomenon.