Essential Biochemistry - Biological Oxidation (Section 1 - No. 38)
Which of the following is a characteristic of substrate-level phosphorylation?
It involves the electron transport chain
It directly produces ATP without the use of a proton gradient
It requires oxygen
It is more efficient than oxidative phosphorylation.
Forklaring
Substrate-level phosphorylation involves a direct transfer of a phosphate to ADP.