Oxidative phosphorylation requires ADP and Pi entry and ATP exit. How does ATP get out of the mitochondria?
A) It is transported out of the mitochondria on a carrier, the ATP-ADP translocase.
B) ATP gets out of the m itochondria bundled inside little spheres of membrane called vesicles.
C) ATP is secreted out of the mitochondria like a neurotransmitter
D) ATP is transported out of the mitochondria in exchange for Pi on a ATP-Pi exchanger
E) ATP exits the m itochondria on the electrophoretic uniport.

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ATP is transported out of the mitochondria on a carrier known as the ATP-ADP translocase, which exchanges ATP for ADP across the inner mitochondrial membrane.

Oxidative Phosphorylation Requires ADP and Pi Entry and ATP Exit