elektrontransportketi
The electron transport chain, or elektrontransportkjeden in Norwegian, is a series of protein complexes and electron carrier molecules embedded in the inner mitochondrial membrane in eukaryotes. This process is a crucial part of cellular respiration, the metabolic pathway that converts biochemical energy from nutrients into adenosine triphosphate (ATP), and subsequently releases waste products. The electron transport chain itself does not produce ATP directly but rather creates a proton gradient across the inner mitochondrial membrane.
Electrons are passed from one carrier molecule to the next in a series of redox reactions. These
This proton gradient represents a form of stored potential energy. Protons then flow back into the mitochondrial