| Range |
20 to 45 %
|
| Organism |
Unspecified |
| Reference |
Faramarz Ismail-Beigi, Thyroid Thermogenesis: Regulation of (Na? + K)-Adenosine Triphosphatase and Active Na,K Transport, Amer. zool., 28: 363-371 (1988) Stable URL: link p.363 right column bottom of column |
| Primary Source |
Whittam 1964 The interdependence of metabolism and active transport, in JF Hoffman (ed.) The cellular functions of membrane transport, pp.139-154, Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey |
| Comments |
Note-Alberts, Molecular biology of the cell, 3rd edition, 1994, chapter 11, p.514 top paragraph: "almost one third of the energy required of a typical animal cell is consumed in fueling this pump. in electrically active nerve cells... this figure approaches two thirds of the cell's energy requirements." For total oxygen consumption of 30% see comments section of BNID 106430 |
| Entered by |
Uri M |
| ID |
106429 |