The chemiosmotic coupling hypothesis of oxidative phosphorylation proposes that adenosine triphosphate (ATP) is formed because
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A proton gradient forms across the inner mitochondrial membrane.
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There is a change in the permeability of the inner mitochondrial membrane towards adenosine diphosphate (ADP).
3
high energy bonds are formed in mitochondrial proteins
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ADP is pumped out of the matrix into the intermembrane space.