2,4-Dinitrophenol (DNP) affects electron transport and oxidative phosphorylation in mitochondria by binding to H+ ions in the intermembrane space, and then, because the 2,4-Dinitrophenol is nonpolar, and diffusing with the H+ ion across the mitochondrial membrane into the cytosol.
Problem 2 2,4-Dinitrophenol (DNP) affects electron transport and oxidative phosphorylation in mitochondria by binding to H+ ions in the intermembrane space, and then, because the 2,4-Dinitrophenol is nonpolar, and diffusing with the H+ ion across the mitochondrial membrane into the cytosol.…