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Multiple Choice
Which pathway of aerobic cellular respiration generates ATP by chemiosmotic phosphorylation?
A
Glycolysis
B
Electron transport chain
C
Citric acid cycle (Krebs cycle)
D
Fermentation
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Understand the concept of aerobic cellular respiration, which is the process cells use to generate ATP using oxygen.
Review the major pathways of aerobic cellular respiration: glycolysis, citric acid cycle (Krebs cycle), and electron transport chain (ETC).
Learn that chemiosmotic phosphorylation refers to ATP generation driven by the movement of protons (H⁺ ions) across a membrane, powered by an electrochemical gradient.
Recognize that the electron transport chain (ETC) is the pathway where chemiosmotic phosphorylation occurs. It uses the energy from electrons transferred through protein complexes to pump protons across the mitochondrial membrane, creating a gradient.
Understand that ATP synthase, a protein complex in the mitochondrial membrane, utilizes the proton gradient created by the ETC to synthesize ATP through chemiosmotic phosphorylation.