The Chemiosmotic Hypothesis Is an Important Concept in Our Understanding

question 20

Multiple Choice

The chemiosmotic hypothesis is an important concept in our understanding of cellular metabolism in general because _____.

• 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

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