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Explain how a concentration gradient, a membrane protein, and hydrogen ions work together to provide a mitochondrion with the energy needed to join small molecules together. (6 points)

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you combine all the molicules

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A concentration gradient, a membrane protein, and hydrogen ions work together to provide a mitochondria with the energy needed to join small molecules together through ATP. The H+ ions are pumped across by membrane “pump proteins” into a space bounded by memb ranes that contain numerous amounts of hydrogen ions. Then, electrons are passed from o ne membrane-bound enzyme to another, which causes some energy to get lost during eac h transfer. This “lost energy” allows the pumping of hydrogen ions against the concentratio n gradient. After all the steps are taken, the mitochondrion will be provided with the energy needed to join small molecules together.

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