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Why is the proton pump important to animal cells?

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Answer:Transport of the positively charged proton is typically electrogenic, i.e. it generates an electrical field across the membrane also called the membrane potential. ... In cell respiration, the proton pump uses energy to transport protons from the matrix of the mitochondrion to the inter-membrane space.

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