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Electron transfer chain -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18) |
 | | The electron transfer chain (also called the electron transport chain, ETC, e-train, or simply electron transport), is any series of protein complexes and lipid-soluable messengers that convert the reductive potential of energized electrons into a cross-membrane proton gradient. |
 | | It is a soluble protein loosely associated with the inner mitochondrial membrane, and transfers electrons between Complexes III and IV. |
 | | The electron transfer chain can be inhibited by various (Any substance that causes injury or illness or death of a living organism) poisons. |
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