The chemiosmotic coupling hypothesis of oxidative phosphorylation proposes that adennosine triphosohate (ATP) is formed because:

Options

A. high energy bonds are formed in mitochondrial proteins
B. ADP is pumped out of the
matrix into the intermembrane space
C. a proton gradient forms
across the inner membrane
D. there is a change in the permeability of the inner mitochondrial membrane toward Adenosine diphosphate (ADP)