KEM-ee-oss-MOE-sis Phosphorylation of ADP to ATP occurring when protons that are following a concentration gradient contact ATP synthase. 135
The process by which ATP is produced in the inner membrane of a mitochondrion. The electron transport system transfers protons from the inner compartment to the outer; as the protons flow back to the inner compartment, the energy of their movement is used to add phosphate to ADP, forming ATP. PICTURE 1 PICTURE 2
Chemiosmosis is the diffusion of ions across a membrane. More specifically, it relates to the generation of ATP by the movement of hydrogen ions across a membrane.