respiratory electron transport chain

Term ID

GO:0022904

Synonyms

• 6-phosphofructokinase reduction
• dihydrobiopterin reduction
• dihydrolipoamide reduction
• dihydrolipoylprotein reduction
• dihydropteridine reduction
• electron transfer
• other pathways of electron transport
• oxidized glutathione reduction
• protein-disulfide reduction

Definition

A process in which a series of electron carriers operate together to transfer electrons from donors such as NADH and FADH2 to any of several different terminal electron acceptors to generate a transmembrane electrochemical gradient. 0716720094

References

• Wikipedia:Electron_transfer

Ontology

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