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Describe how ATP is built in the mitochondrial membrane?

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In the electron transport chain protons are pumped in the intermembranous space, an electrochemical gradient appears. Protons flow back to the mitochondrial matrix through the ATP-synthase providing the energy necessary for ATP synthesis.

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