Oxidative Phosphorylation - Ecu

Uncouplers:• Lipid-soluble weak acids that carry protonsfrom the intermembrane space back into thematrix• No ATP is produced, but electron transport canproceed.• Uncoupled electron transport generates HEAT.This can be useful to both plants and animals.• Thermogenin (a protein) is a naturaluncoupler found in brown adipose tissue.