Question

Meaning of P/O Ratio
What is P/O ratio?​

Answer 1

Answer:

The Phosphate/Oxygen Ratio, or P/O Ratio, refers to the amount of ATP produced from the movement of two electrons through a defined electron transport chain, terminated by reduction of an oxygen atom. ... The synthase thus requires 8 protons to synthesize three ATP, or 8/3 protons/ATP.

Answer 2

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P/O ratio:-

• The ratio of phosphate incorporated into ATP to oxygen atoms reduced to water; a measure of the efficiency of coupling of phosphorylation to oxidation