Peter Dennis Mitchell was a British biochemist awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1978 for his chemiosmotic theory, which explained how cells use a proton gradient across a membrane to drive the synthesis of ATP. His theory overturned the prevailing view of cellular energy production and became the accepted framework for understanding respiration and photosynthesis at the molecular level.
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Peter Dennis Mitchell FRS (29 September 1920 - 10 April 1992) was a British biochemist who was awarded the 1978 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for his theory of the chemiosmotic mechanism of ATP synthesis.
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