Question

what is terminal oxidation........

Answer 1

Terminal oxidation is the final step in aerobic respiration which involves the passage of electrons and protons to the final acceptor oxygen. Terminal oxidation involves two processes they are electron transport and oxidative phosphorylation.

Answer 2

Aerobic organisms are able to capture a far greater proportion of the available free energy of respiratory substrates than anaerobic organisms. Most of this takes place inside mitochondria, which have been termed the “powerhouses” of the cell. Mitochondria have an outer membrane that is permeable to most metabolites, an inner membrane that is selectively permeable, and a matrixwithin (Fig. 7.1). The phospholipid cardiolipin is concentrated in the inner membrane together with the enzymes of the respiratory chain. Generation of ATP from oxidative phosphorylation requires an electron donor(NADH or FADH2), an electron acceptor (O2), an intact inner mitochondrial membrane that is impermeable to protons, all the components of the electron transport chain, and ATP synthase. It is regulated by the rate of ATP utilization.