ATP Used in Muscle Contraction is Continually Regenerated

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ATP Used in Muscle Contraction is Continually Regenerated

Students learn to:

• identify NADH and FADH₂ as compounds essential for respiration
• describe the NADH/FADH₂ oxidation as part of an oxidation–reduction process leading to ATP production
• construct an equation to summarise the reduction/oxidation process in ATP regeneration
• define oxidative phosphorylation as the process that couples the oxidation of NADH and FADH₂ to the production of ATP

Students:

• process information from a simplified flow chart of biochemical pathways to analyse the steps in oxidative phosphorylation

Extract from Chemistry Stage 6 Syllabus (Amended October 2002). © 2009, Board of Studies NSW.