Trapping energy during electron transport When the electron transport chain oxidises a reduced cofactor, such as NADH, and reduces oxygen to water, there is a substantial release of free energy. How is that energy initially trapped and stored in mitochondria?

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Trapping energy during electron transport When the electron transport chain oxidises a reduced cofactor, such as NADH, and reduces oxygen to water, there is a substantial release of free energy.  How is that energy initially trapped and stored in mitochondria?

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By pumping protons from the mitochondrial matrix to the intermembrane space, generating a proton gradient.

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By donation of electrons to an acceptor and reducing it.

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As "high energy" covalent bonds in molecules associated with electron transport chain complexes.

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