When the drug dinitrophenol (DNP) is added to mitochondria, the inner membrane becomes permeable to protons (H

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When the drug dinitrophenol (DNP) is added to mitochondria, the inner membrane becomes permeable to protons (H+). In contrast, when the drug nigericin is added to mitochondria, the inner membrane becomes permeable to K+.

(A) How does the electrochemical gradient change in response to DNP?

(B) How does it change in response to nigericin?

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Essential Cell Biology

ISBN: 9780393680362

5th Edition

Authors: Bruce Alberts, Karen Hopkin, Alexander Johnson, David Morgan, Martin Raff, Keith Roberts, Peter Walter

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