Question

What is oxidative phosphorylation?

Answer 1

• Oxidative phosphorylation is a metabolic pathway of generating ATP molecule by phosphorylation (addition of phosphate to an organic compound) of ADP.
• This process takes place in the mitochondria of a cell during the electron transport chain.
• The ATP is formed as a result of the transfer of electrons from NADH or FADH${}_2$ to O${}_2$ by a series of electron carriers.