The chemiosmotic coupling hypothesis of oxidative phosphorylation proposes that adenosine triphosphate (ATP)…

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

Solution

Proton motive force develop between perimitochondrial space and matrix across inner mitochondrial membrane.

Asked in: NEET 2008 (Mains)

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