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What Is Unusual About the Way That H+ Ions Are

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What is unusual about the way that H+ ions are transported across the inner mitochondrial membrane as compared to the movement of other ions like Na+ and Cl- ions?


A) Na+ and Cl- ions must traverse the full distance, but H+ ions materialize on the other side of the membrane.
B) Na+ and Cl- ions must traverse the full distance, but H+ ions can hop through a channel by exchanging themselves with other protons found along the pathway.
C) Na+ and Cl- ions can hop through a channel by exchanging themselves with other similar ions found along the pathway, but H+ ions must traverse the full distance.
D) Na+ and Cl- ions must traverse the full distance, but H+ ions must only go halfway.
E) Na+ and Cl- ions must traverse the full distance, but H+ ions must change into neutrons first.

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