Which chemical process generates the ATP produced in the citric acid cycle?
A)chemiosmosis
B)electron transport
C)photophosphorylation
D)oxidative phosphorylation
E)substrate-level phosphorylation

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During the citric acid cycle, ATP is produced through substrate-level phosphorylation, where a phosphate group is transferred from a substrate molecule to ADP to produce ATP. This is in contrast to oxidative phosphorylation, which involves electron transport and chemiosmosis to generate ATP. Photophosphorylation also involves electron transport but occurs in photosynthetic organisms during the light-dependent reactions. Therefore, the correct answer is E) substrate-level phosphorylation.

Which Chemical Process Generates the ATP Produced in the Citric