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Do electrons slide along the electron transport chain and onto ATP molecules?
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∙ 12y ago
They do slide along the electron transport chain, but not onto molecules of ATP. The motive power of these electrons are used to pump protons into the outer lumen of the mitochondria. There the protons build up until there is a powerful enough gradient so that they come down that gradient and through the ATP synthase, a rotary enzyme that uses the flow of protons to attach a phosphate group onto ADP and thus ATP is synthesized.
The electrons emerge from the last electron transport complex and there oxygen takes them up with the spent protons and water results.
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∙ 12y ago
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What is passage of electrons along a series of carrier molecules from a higher to a lower energy level?
This is the electron transport chain.
High-energy electrons from NADH and FADH2 are passed into and along the?
Electron Transport Chain
Transport chain series of proteins embedded in a membrane along which energized electrons are transported as electrons are passed from molecule energy is released?
Transport chain series of proteins embedded in a membrane along which energized electrons are transported as electrons are passed from molecule energy is released?
The membrane-bound protein molecules that pass electrons along the Electron Transport System chain are called?
One major class are known as the Cytochromes.
What do electrons that are transferred along the membrane from photosystem 2 and 1 use?
Electron Transport System
The energy of the electrons passing along the electron transport chain is used to make what?
ATP molecules
What is the passing of electrons along a series of molecules releasing energy as the go is known as a?
an electron transport chain
What is passage of electrons along a series of carrier molecules from a higher to a lower energy level?
This is the electron transport chain.
What allows the passage of electrons along the series of carrier molecules from higher to a lower energy level?
The electron transport chain.
What happened as electrons move along the chain of molecules known as the electron transport chain?
They lose energy,which is then used by the cell to make ATP
Where does the electron transport chain get the high-energy electrons that are passed down the chain?
The high-energy electrons that are passed to the electron transport chain combine with O2 and H+ ions. This results to the formation of water molecules.
High-energy electrons from NADH and FADH2 are passed into and along the?
Electron Transport Chain
Transport chain series of proteins embedded in a membrane along which energized electrons are transported as electrons are passed from molecule energy is released?
Transport chain series of proteins embedded in a membrane along which energized electrons are transported as electrons are passed from molecule energy is released?
What happens as the electrons are passed along the electron carries in the electron transport chain?
Hydrogen ions are pumped across the mitochondria's inner membrane producing a concentration gradient
The membrane-bound protein molecules that pass electrons along the Electron Transport System chain are called?
One major class are known as the Cytochromes.
What do electrons that are transferred along the membrane from photosystem 2 and 1 use?
Electron Transport System
Where does the electron transport chain get high energy electrons that are passed down the chains?
High-energy electrons from NADH and FADH2 are passed along the electron transport chain
