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Electron transport chain

The electron transport chain is located in the inner mitochondrial membrane. It consists of various enzyme complexes that oxidize the products of the Krebs citric acid cycle to power ATP synthesis. (Image by Tim Vickers, 2007. Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. Public domain.)

Associated Disorders

  • Cardiomyopathy
  • Kearns-Sayre syndrome
  • Late-onset progressive neurodegeneration
  • Leigh disease
  • Seizures