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The electron transport chain of a mitochondrion is located in the

  • A.outer mitochondrial membrane
  • B.matrix alongside the cycle enzymes
  • C.cytosol surrounding the organelle
  • D.inner mitochondrial membrane

Answer: D

Embedding the carriers in a membrane is essential, because pumping protons across it is how the energy of the electrons is captured. A chain floating free in solution could store nothing. Compartmentation is therefore not incidental to respiration but essential to it.

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