Question

The end product of oxidative phosphorylation is
(a) NADH

(b) Oxygen

(c) ADP

(d) $ATP+H_{2}O$

Answer 1

Solution. (d): Oxidative phosphorylation is the transfer of electrons to oxygen to form $H_{2}O$ in the mitochondrial electron transport chain that is coupled to ATP synthesis from ADP and inorganic phosphate by the ATP synthase.