Which of the following statements concerning ATP synthesis in mitochondria is FALSE?                a. interruption of the flow of electrons from NADH to oxygen would decrease ATP synthesis   b. making the inner mitochondrial membrane permeable to H+ would decrease ATP synthesis   c. the energy liberated by the electron-transport chain is used to pump H+ ions into the IM-space   d. the movement of H+ through a special channel enzyme (synthase) results in ATP synthesis   e. when protons move from the matrix to the IM-space, ATP is made from ADP + Pi

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Which of the following statements concerning ATP synthesis in mitochondria is FALSE?

 

             a. interruption of the flow of electrons from NADH to oxygen would decrease ATP synthesis

 

b. making the inner mitochondrial membrane permeable to H+ would decrease ATP synthesis

 

c. the energy liberated by the electron-transport chain is used to pump H+ ions into the IM-space

 

d. the movement of H+ through a special channel enzyme (synthase) results in ATP synthesis

 

e. when protons move from the matrix to the IM-space, ATP is made from ADP + Pi

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