Multiple choice

Chemiosmosis was first described by:

  1. Paul D. Boyer

  2. Peter Mitchell

  3. John E Walker

  4. Friedrich Miescher

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B Correct answer
Explanation

Peter Mitchell proposed the chemiosmotic hypothesis in 1961, which explains how ATP is synthesized through the flow of protons across a membrane. Paul D. Boyer and John E. Walker worked on ATP synthase mechanism, while Friedrich Miescher discovered DNA.