Mitochondria are isolated from a cell and plunged into a


Mitochondria are isolated from a cell and plunged into a solution containing a high concentration of radioactive protons (tritium). You remove the the mitochondria quickly so that each ATP synthase complex would only have enough time to make one molecule of ATP. Which of the following statements would be true? Answer A. ATP synthesis will produce water molecules in the matrix at a 1:1 ratio of *water (radioactive):ATP B. Tritium will accumulate in the matrix but radioactive water will not be produced by ATP synthesis in the matrix C. Tritium will remain in the intermembrane space but will not enter the matrix D. Tritium will enter the c-ring of the F0 subunit and block ATP synthesis in the F1 subunit

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