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What Is A Free Radical - Ústav lékařské chemie a biochemie

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The respiratory chain:<br />

..ele<br />

electrons flow ‘downhill’ and<br />

terminate at oxygen<br />

Overall reaction:<br />

NADH + H + + 1/2 O 2 → NAD + + H 2 O<br />

∆G o ’ = –219.25 kJ mol -1<br />

..and<br />

resulting proton gradient powersp<br />

ATP synthesis<br />

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