Electron Transport Chain
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Q. How does cyanide poisoning affect the electron transport chain?
a
Cyanide binds the heme iron in complex I.
b
Cyanide makes the inner mitochondrial membrane permeable to protons.
c
Cyanide binds the heme iron in complex IV.
d
Cyanide sequesters phosphate in the mitochondrial matrix and prevents ATP formation.
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