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oxidative phosphorylation

The metabolic pathway in which cells use enzymes to oxidize nutrients, thereby releasing chemical energy to produce adenosine triphosphate (ATP).
Noun

Meanings

Noun

The metabolic pathway in which cells use enzymes to oxidize nutrients, thereby releasing chemical energy to produce adenosine triphosphate (ATP).

The mitochondria are the primary site of oxidative phosphorylation in eukaryotic cells.

Examples

Oxidative phosphorylation is the primary method of ATP production in aerobic organisms.

School Life

Do you understand how the electron transport chain drives oxidative phosphorylation?

Do you understand how the electron transport chain drives oxidative phosphorylation?

School Life

Cyanide is lethal because it inhibits oxidative phosphorylation by binding to cytochrome c oxidase.

Cyanide is lethal because it inhibits oxidative phosphorylation by binding to cytochrome c oxidase.

Trivia

I wonder if this specific mutation affects the efficiency of oxidative phosphorylation in the mitochondria.

I wonder if this specific mutation affects the efficiency of oxidative phosphorylation in the mitochondria.

The inner mitochondrial membrane is the site where oxidative phosphorylation occurs.

The inner mitochondrial membrane is the site where oxidative phosphorylation occurs.

School Life

Certain metabolic disorders can severely impair oxidative phosphorylation and lead to muscle weakness.

Health

Without oxygen as the final electron acceptor, oxidative phosphorylation cannot proceed.

Without oxygen as the final electron acceptor, oxidative phosphorylation cannot proceed.

The professor explained that oxidative phosphorylation yields significantly more ATP than glycolysis alone.

The professor explained that oxidative phosphorylation yields significantly more ATP than glycolysis alone.

School Life

Uncoupling proteins allow protons to leak back across the membrane, bypassing oxidative phosphorylation to generate heat.

Uncoupling proteins allow protons to leak back across the membrane, bypassing oxidative phosphorylation to generate heat.

Trivia

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