Uncouplers Are Compounds That Inhibit the Phosphorylation of ADP

question 70

Multiple Choice

Uncouplers are compounds that inhibit the phosphorylation of ADP

• A) by enhancing the proton gradient across the outer mitochondrial membrane.
• B) by enhancing the proton gradient across the inner mitochondrial membrane.
• C) because they are transmembrane proteins in the outer mitochondrial membrane.
• D) without affecting electron transport.

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