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the concentration of h+ ions inside the mitochondrial matrix is lower than it is in the cytosol or the mitochondrial intermembrane space. what would be the immediate effect of a membrane-permeable compound that carries and releases protons into the mitochondrial matrix?

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The immediate effect of a membrane-permeable compound that carries and releases H+ into the mitochondrial matrix would be the inhibition of ATP synthesis. This process (ATP synthesis) requires an H+ gradient.

Mitochondria are the energy center of the eukaryotic cells, which generate energy in the form of ATP by a process called cellular respiration.

Cellular respiration has three main phases: glycolysis, the Krebs cycle and oxidative phosphorylation

During oxidative phosphorylation, a chain of transport of electrons across the inner mitochondrial membrane is coupled to the generation of an electrochemical proton (H+) gradient, which is used to synthesize ATP.

This electrochemical gradient is created by pumping H+ from the matrix to the inner membrane space of the mitochondria.

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