| 8 Bioenergetics and Oxidative Metabolism
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After reading this chapter you should be able to:
- Describe how thermodynamics is related to nutrition and obesity.
- Outline the mitochondrial electron transport system showing eight major electron carriers.
- Explain how ubiquinone, heme and the iron-sulfur complexes participate in electron transport.
- Define membrane potential and explain its role in ATP synthesis and thermogenesis.
- Explain the role of uncoupling proteins in thermogenesis.
- Describe the mechanism of ATP synthase.
- Describe the effects of inhibitors such as rotenone, antimycin A, carbon monoxide, cyanide and oligomycin on oxygen uptake by mitochondria.
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