Oxidative Phosphorylation Flashcards
1
Q
what is the overall basis of oxidative phosphorylation?
A
electrons from NADH and FADH2 are used to reduce O2 to H2O
their energy used to pump protons from the mitochondrial matrix to the intermembrane space (pH decrease in intermembrane space, increases in matrix)
protons flow back across membrane following conc gradient
energy of proton flow used to phosphorylate ADP to ATP
