What Is the Proton-Motive Force

question 93

Multiple Choice

What is the proton-motive force?

• A) the force required to remove an electron from hydrogen
• B) the force provided by a transmembrane hydrogen ion gradient
• C) the force that moves hydrogen into the intermembrane space
• D) the force that moves hydrogen into the mitochondrion
• E) the force that moves hydrogen to NAD+

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