Question

What do mitochondrial and thylakoid membranes have in common?

A. They both use energy carriers that were made in the Krebs cycle.
B. They both are involved in cellular respiration in animal cells.
C. They both contain the chlorophyll pigment.
D. They both use ATP synthase proteins in ATP production.

Answer 1

Mitochodrial and Thylakoid membranes both use adenosine triphosphate or ATP synthase proteins in ATP production. They are sites of electron transport. Both Mitochodrial and Thylakoid membranes is a place where ATP is produced. Mitochondria is found in all living cells while Thylakoid is found in plants. 

Answer 2

Answer;

D. They both use ATP synthase proteins in ATP production.

Explanation;

• Mitochondria and thylakoid membranes are both responsible for the synthesis of energy in the form of ATP, using the enzyme ATP synthase.
• Mitochondrion is an organelle that is present in all living cells, whose role is to produce energy through a process of cellular respiration.  Cellular respiration is a process in which living cells generate energy to carry out cellular activities in the form of ATP.
• Thylakoid membranes are found within the chloroplasts found in green plants, and produce energy through the process of photosynthesis. Chloroplast is an organelle just like the mitochondrion but only found in plants.  Light reactions of photosynthesis takes place in thylakoid membranes in a similar way to oxidative phosphorylation that takes place in the mitochondria.