Chapter 21, Problem 21.74AP

Interpretation Introduction

Interpretation:

The consumption of oxygen will get increase, decrease or remain constant when oxidative phosphorylation does not couple with electron transport chain has to be explained.

Concept Introduction:

Oxidative phosphorylation: The production of $ATP$ from $ADP$ by utilizing energy released from the electron transport chain. The $ADP$ to $ATP$ conversion consists of both the oxidation and phosphorylation.

Electron transport chain $\left(\text{ETS}\right)$: The series of pathway where the electron gets passed from reduced coenzymes to the oxygen which gets finally coupled resulting in formation of $ATP$.

The enzymes that help in electron transport chain are embedded within the inner membrane of mitochondrion.