The bioenergetics of anaerobic respiring Archaea such as those of the Crenarchaeota involve ________ from which ________ is synthesized.
A) proton-translocating ATPases / ATP
B) substrate level phosphorylation / ATP
C) sodium translocation / ATP
D) substrate level phosphorylation / GTP

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Anaerobic respiring Archaea such as those of the Crenarchaeota use proton-translocating ATPases to synthesize ATP. This process is referred to as oxidative phosphorylation, where the energy from the electron transport chain is used to generate a proton gradient across the cell membrane. The proton gradient drives the ATP synthase to synthesize ATP from ADP and inorganic phosphate.

The Bioenergetics of Anaerobic Respiring Archaea Such as Those of the Crenarchaeota