Why Is the Chemiosmotic Hypothesis an Important Concept in Our

question 30

Multiple Choice

Why is the chemiosmotic hypothesis an important concept in our understanding of cellular metabolism?

• A)It explains how ATP is synthesized by a proton motive force.
• B)It explains how electron transport can fuel substrate-level phosphorylation.
• C)It explains the sequence of the electron transport chain molecules.
• D)It explains the reduction of oxygen to water in the final steps of oxidative metabolism.
• E)It explains how cells can produce ATP in the absence of oxygen.

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A type of sugar acid obtained by the oxidation of both the aldehyde and primary alcohol groups of an aldose.