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What is chemiosmosis?

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Chemiosmosis is the movement of ions across a semipermeable membrane bound structure, down their electrochemical gradient. An example of this would be the formation of adenosine triphosphate by the movement of hydrogen ions across a membrane during cellular respiration or photosynthesis.

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