nadh and fadh2 are used to transport electrons, which are used in cellular respiration.
nadh and fadh2 are used to transport electrons, which are used in cellular respiration.
nadh and fadh2 are used to transport what item used in cellular respiration?
electrons
oxidative phosphorylation produces 26 of the 30 equivalents of atp generated in cellular respiration by transferring electrons from nadh or fadh2 to o2 through electron carriers. the energy released when electrons are passed from higher-energy nadh or fadh2 to the lower-energy o2 is required to phosphorylate adp and once again generate atp. it is this energy coupling and phosphorylation of adp to atp that gives the electron transport chain the name oxidative phosphorylation. 









































section::::cellular respiration.:oxidative phosphorylation.:mitochondrial atp synthase complex.
adenosine diphosphate
the potential of nadh and fadh is converted to more atp through an electron transport chain with oxygen as the "terminal electron acceptor". most of the atp produced by aerobic cellular respiration is made by oxidative phosphorylation. this works by the energy released in the consumption of pyruvate being used to create a chemiosmotic potential by pumping protons across a membrane. this potential is then used to drive atp synthase and produce atp from adp and a phosphate group. biology textbooks often state that 38 atp molecules can be made per oxidised glucose molecule during cellular respiration (2 from glycolysis, 2 from the krebs cycle, and about 34 from the electron transport system). however, this maximum yield is never quite reached because of losses due to leaky membranes as well as the cost of moving pyruvate and adp into the mitochondrial matrix, and current estimates range around 29 to 30 atp per glucose.
cellular respiration