Electron Transport/Oxidative Phosphorylation
Notes HERE

Electron Transport

• Mitochondrial structure HERE / Schematic HERE
• Process schematic HERE
• Mitochondrial genome sizes HERE / Gene comparisons HERE
• Redox potentials HERE

Electron Carriers

• Sequence of electron carriers HERE and HERE
• Inhibition HERE
• Quinone structures HERE / Flavins HERE / Iron-sulfur structures HERE
• Coupled electron/proton transfer (Complex I) HERE
• Q cycle HERE
• Complex IV - Cu attachment HERE / Heme HERE
• Mechanism of action HERE
• Proton transport by cytochrome c oxidase HERE

Superoxide dismutase mechanism HERE / Medical links to free-radicals HERE

Cytochrome C structural comparisons HERE / Evolutionary tree HERE

Oxidative Phosphorylation

• Chemiosmotic hypothesis HERE
• Overview HERE
• ATP Synthase structure HERE / ATP synthesis mechanism HERE and HERE / Video HERE
• Proton chamber HERE
• Proton motion and rotation of C ring HERE and HERE

Mitochondrial Membrane Shuttles

• Glycerol-3-phosphate shuttle HERE
• Malate-aspartate shuttle HERE
• ATP-ADP translocase HERE
• Transporters HERE

ATP count HERE

Oxidative Phosphorylation Control

• Respiratory control HERE
• Control by limitations of ADP, Oxygen, NADH
• Links - OxPhos and ETS - HERE
• Uncoupling protein HERE / Brown Fat Image - HERE
• 2,4DNP HERE
• Proton gradient as an energy source HERE