There's Life After Radiation for Brain Cells. Johns Hopkins researchers suggest neural stem cells may regenerate after anti-cancer treatment. Release Date: August 12, 2013. Scientists have long believed that healthy brain cells, once damaged by radiation designed to kill brain tumors, cannot regenerate.
The key player in acid secretion is a H+/K+ ATPase or proton pump located in the cannalicular membrane. 1  This ATPase is magnesium-dependent, and not inhibitable by ouabain. The current model for explaining acid secretion is as follows: 2  Hydrogen ions are generated within the parietal cell from dissociation of water.
A proton pump is an integral membrane protein that builds up a proton gradient across a biological membrane. Proton pumps catalyze the following reaction: H+ + energy â {\displaystyle \rightleftharpoons } H+ Mechanisms are based on energy-induced conformational changes of the protein structure or on the Q cycle. During evolution, proton pumps have arisen independently on multiple occasions. Thus, not only throughout nature but also within single cells, different proton pumps that are ...