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The document discusses the electron transport chain and chemiosmosis, which are the final two steps in cellular respiration that generate the majority of ATP. It explains that the electron transport chain involves a series of protein complexes embedded in the inner mitochondrial membrane that transport electrons from NADH and FADH2 generated earlier in respiration. This transports protons across the membrane, building up a gradient. Chemiosmosis involves the protons diffusing back through ATP synthase, which causes it to spin and produce ATP from ADP and phosphate. In this way, the proton gradient generated by the electron transport chain is used to power the production of ATP via chemiosmosis.

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This Topic. So Congratulations Because Today I'm Going To Talk About The

The document discusses the electron transport chain and chemiosmosis, which are the final two steps in cellular respiration that generate the majority of ATP. It explains that the electron transport chain involves a series of protein complexes embedded in the inner mitochondrial membrane that transport electrons from NADH and FADH2 generated earlier in respiration. This transports protons across the membrane, building up a gradient. Chemiosmosis involves the protons diffusing back through ATP synthase, which causes it to spin and produce ATP from ADP and phosphate. In this way, the proton gradient generated by the electron transport chain is used to power the production of ATP via chemiosmosis.

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Greeting everyone! your lecturer for the this topic. So congratulations because today I’m going to
talk about the main event the big bonanza the super bowl of cellular respiration, which are The Electron
transport chain and the Chemiosmosis

Slide 2: This is what we had discussed so far, glucose can undergo glycolysis to become pyruvate. Pyruvate
can also go back up to glucose through gluconeogenesis. Pyruvate can take one of four metabolic pathways.
However, the most common destination for pyruvate is to be turned back into acetyl coA. A cetyl coA can
then go through the TCA cycle also known as the krebs cycle to generate NADH AND FADH2.

So this NADH AND FADH2 are incredibly important. Why? Because this two byproduct are the key to move on
to the next processes which are ETC and chemiosmosis.

Step 3: So at the end of this lecture you are expected to:

READ THE OBJECTIVES

So Without further ado let’s talk about ETC

READ SLIDE 4

READ SLIDE 5

SLIDE 6 So where does this processes occur?

In eukaryotic cell this can be located in the IMM

SLIDE 7

So this are Components of ETC & Chemiosmosis

READ SLIDE 7

As I mentioned earlier ETC is composed of this I-IV complex then Chemiosmosis is composed of ATP
Synthase.

So let’s talk about the process of ETC and Chemiosmosis.

Video Script:
All of the steps of aerobic respiration that we have done so far have been leading up to this the electron
transport chain & Chemiosmosis.

As I said earlier this is the main event of the cellular respiration. Why?

Because the vast majority of our ATP is made here

So let’s go to the first part the ETC

In the animation, you can see the electron transport chain as series of proteins and other transport molecules
are embedded in the inner membrane of the mitochondrion.

Here's how it works.

NADH, that electron carrier we've been making all along delivers its electrons to the Protein complex I as the
electrons move through this protein complex, energy is gradually released, and this energy is used to pump
hydrogen ions or protons across from the matrix into the inter-membrane space.
you might realize that moving electrons is electricity. basically these electrons can
At this point,
provide the energy to drive these microscopic pumps made out of protein.
They are basically natural electric pumps found inside our body,

Next

The electrons are then transported by the special red molecule called (ubiquinone or Q) toward
their next destination, the ubiquinone also picks up the electrons in complex II donated by
FADH2, that was also made during the Krebs cycle.

All of these electrons are then passed on to complex III,


At this complex III, the electron energy is used Once again to transport hydrogen ions across the
membrane into the intermembrane space,
Notice that we are building up a high concentration of hydrogen ions in the inter membrane
space. This will be very important soon.

Now, the electrons are transported by molecule cyt c to final protein complex IV, where their
energy is used, Once again to pump hydrogen ions into the inter membrane space, making the
concentration even higher.

Now the electrons need somewhere to go a final destination to complete their journey.

(oxygen appears) Fortunately you breathe, and oxygen comes to the rescue
Oxygen accepts the electrons as well as hydrogen from the matrix making water.

This is the reason why you breathe all day every day,
your cells need oxygen to accept these electrons or the electron transport chain will grind to a
halt, like EDSA during rush hour,
and if the electron transport chain stops, you won't be able to make enough ATP to keep you
alive and you die.

now you may have noticed that we haven't made atp yet. So you might be wondering how
that works?
which brings up the coolest part of this entire process

Remember that high concentration of hydrogen ions We've been building up ?

Now it's time to use it to make ATP,


a protein called ATP SYNTHASE makes a channel that allows hydrogen ions to flow through
from high concentration to low concentration.

You may remember that molecules tend to move from areas of high concentration to low
concentration naturally
a process known as DIFFUSION.
So, these hydrogen ions in a manner of speaking want to flow from the high concentration area
of the inter membrane space to the low concentration area the matrix,
But!! they can only get through ATP SYNTHASE,
this facilitated diffusion of hydrogen ions through atp synthase causes atp synthase to spin like a
turbine and produce ATP
It's like a microscopic hydroelectric dam generating atp instead of electricity as hydrogen ions,
passively flow through

since we made many electron carriers throughout respiration, the electron transport chain
happens over and over again,
making between 30 to 34 atp molecules for every glucose that entered respiration.

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