Oxidative phosphorylation

Oxidative Phosphorylation

Final stage of aerobic respiration.

• Reduced NAD and reduced FAD are reoxydised when they deliver their hydrogen atoms to the ETC.
• the hydrogen atoms split becoming H+ (Proton) and H-(Electron)
• protons go into solution in the mitochondrial matrix.
• Electrons pass along the chain of electron carriers . Each electron carrier protein contains an iron ion, they become…