BRAINCAKEoxidative phosphorylation
The electron transport chain (ETC) is a group of protein complexes and mobile electron carriers in the inner mitochondrial membrane. Each can accept electrons from reduced NAD or reduced FAD and be reduced. The electron carrier is then oxidised as the electrons are passed to the next electron carrier in the chain then finally to oxygen which forms water. The energy required for each redox step is less than for the previous one so each subsequent reduction can be coupled with the energy-requiring active transport of hydrogen ions into the inter-membrane space.
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Key terms in this lesson
- ATP
- Adenosine triphosphate, the universal energy currency of cells, which releases energy for cellular reactions when hydrolysed to ADP and inorganic phosphate.
- ATP synthase
- An enzyme in the inner mitochondrial membrane, or thylakoid membrane, that synthesises ATP from ADP and inorganic phosphate as protons flow through it down their concentration gradient.
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