What is chemiosmotic theory? What is its role in metabolism?

What will be an ideal response?


Chemiosmotic theory is a model that explains the movement of electrons through the electron transport system. This occurs across the mitochondrial inner membrane and drives oxidative phosphorylation and production of ATP by ATP synthase.

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Each of the following would cause an increase in blood pressure EXCEPT __________.

a. an inhibitor of angiotensin II b. increase in aldosterone c. increase in peripheral resistance d. increase in blood volume

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Teleosts have a bewildering variety of patterns of sex change, but protogyny and protandry are the most common. Describe the evolutionary principle that underlies those two patterns

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Most of the surface area of a plasma membrane consists of

A) a protein bilayer. B) a phospholipid bilayer. C) carbohydrate molecules. D) DNA. E) cells.

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Put the following events of the neuromuscular junction in the order in which they occur. 1. Action potential is propagated in the sarcolemma. 2. Acetylcholine binds to ligand gated sodium channels. 3. Action potential arrives at the neuromuscular junction. 4. Vesicles full of acetylcholine are stored at the axon terminal. 5. Acetylcholine is released into the synaptic cleft

A) 4,3,5,2,1 B) 4,3,5,1,2 C) 4,5,3,2,1 D) 4,3,1,5,2 E) 4,1,3,2,5

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