Definition for Difference between revisions of "Oxidative phosphorylation"

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1) A process during which [[NADH]] and [[FADH<sub>2</sub>]] are oxidized to make more [[ATP]] via the [[phosphorylation]] of [[ADP]].
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1) A process during which [[NADH]] and FADH<sub>2</sub> are oxidized to make more [[ATP]] via the [[phosphorylation]] of [[ADP]].
  
 
2) Oxidative phosphorylation is the process of [[chemiosmotic]] ATP synthesis, using energy from a [[membrane]] [[proton]] [[gradient]].
 
2) Oxidative phosphorylation is the process of [[chemiosmotic]] ATP synthesis, using energy from a [[membrane]] [[proton]] [[gradient]].

Latest revision as of 22:36, 15 June 2017

1) A process during which NADH and FADH2 are oxidized to make more ATP via the phosphorylation of ADP.

2) Oxidative phosphorylation is the process of chemiosmotic ATP synthesis, using energy from a membrane proton gradient.

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