Question #ff274

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Dec 6, 2017

These electron carriers and ATP are primarily produced in the preceding steps of cellular respiration.

If all we're considering is how much ATP is produced via the proton motive force consequently produced in the electron-transport chain, and we assume, in general

NADH = 3ATP, and
FADH_2 = 2ATP

then given those reagents,

58NADH + 19FADH_2 approx 212ATP

molecules will be oxidatively phosphorylated via ATP synthase undergoing the following,

ADP + P_i to ATP