The respiratory chain ensures the transfer of electrons from reduced compounds to oxygen. In doing so, it generates a large amount of ATP.
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Learning goals
To understand how energized electrons lead to the creation of a proton motive force.
To understand how the proton motive force helps ATP synthase produce ATP.
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The respiratory chain is the final stage of cellular respiration. Glycolysis and the Krebs cycle have generated energized electrons.
The respiratory chain consists of a series of electron carrier…