A company that manufactures nutritional supplements seeks to produce a product t

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A company that manufactures nutritional supplements seeks to produce a product to help athletes, like soccer players, whose muscles need relatively high levels of ATP for sustained periods of time and extremely high levels for shorter intervals. Which of the mechanisms below is a means by which a supplement could, theoretically, achieve results if there were no these other effects on the cell? a. increasing the H^+ concentration in the mitochondrial matrix b. limiting the flow of electrons through cytochrome c c. preventing fatty acids from entering the citric acid cycle/Krebs cycle. d. decreasing the rate that pyruvate is transported into the mitochondria e. increasing the availability of oxygen to muscle cells

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Answer: a) increasing the H+ concentration in the mitochondrial matrix

ATP is synthesized from the enzyme ATP synthase, this enzyme is present in the membrane of the chloroplast. H+ pass through the carrier present in the membrane of chloroplast, ATP synthase is attached to carrier protein.

H+ ions accumulated during electron transport inside the matrix of Mitochondria tries to move from matrix to outside of the membrane.During the movement of H+ ions from matrix of the mitochondria to the outside of the membrane, energy is generated, which helps in the formation of the ATP.

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