If you were able to stop the process of cellular respiration after the completion of the electron transport chain but prior chemiosmosis, what would you find is true about the pH in the mitochondria?
A) It is lowest in the intermembrane space.
B) It is highest in the intermembrane space.
C) It is the lowest in the mitochondrial matrix.
D) There is no different in pH.
E) It is highest in the mitochondrial matrix.

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The pumping of H⁺ into the intermembrane space establishes an unequal distribution of H⁺; in other words, there are many H1 in the intermembrane space and few in the matrix of a mitochondrion.

If You Were Able to Stop the Process of Cellular