Human Biochemistry, Volume 1 - Murray R. 1993

Bioenergetics and Metabolism of Carbohydrates and Lipids
Oxidative Phosphorylation and Mitochondrial Transport Systems
Introduction

Cell/35.html">Mitochondria are rightly called the "power plants" of The Cell, as it is primarily within these Organelles that the energy supplied by oxidative processes is captured. The mitochondrial system that couples oxidative processes with the Generation of the high-energy intermediate ATP is known as Oxidative Phosphorylation.



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