Statement I: Chemiosmotic hypothesis has been put forward to explain the mechanism of ATP synthesis in chloroplast and mitochondria. Statement II: In respiration, protons accumulate in the matrix of the mitochondria when electrons move through the ETS.

Question

Statement I: Chemiosmotic hypothesis has been put forward to explain the mechanism of ATP synthesis in chloroplast and mitochondria. Statement II: In respiration, protons accumulate in the matrix of the mitochondria when electrons move through the ETS. (A) Only statement I is correct (B) Only statement II is correct (C) Both statements I and II are correct (D) Both statements I and II are incorrect

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In respiration, protons accumulate in the intermembrane space of the mitochondria when electrons move through the electron transport system.

Q. Statement I : Chemiosmotic hypothesis has been put forward to explain the mechanism of ATP synthesis in chloroplast and mitochondria. Statement II : In respiration, protons accumulate in the matrix of the mitochondria when electrons move through the ETS.

Only statement I is correct

Only statement II is correct

Both statements I and II are correct

Both statements I and II are incorrect

In respiration, protons accumulate in the intermembrane space of the mitochondria when electrons move through the electron transport system.

Q. Statement I : Chemiosmotic hypothesis has been put forward to explain the mechanism of ATP synthesis in chloroplast and mitochondria.
Statement II : In respiration, protons accumulate in the matrix of the mitochondria when electrons move through the ETS.