Please urgently! (10 mins) Compound X is an inhibitor in respiratory electron transfer. It binds to the Fe3+ of Complex

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Please urgently! (10 mins) Compound X is an inhibitor in respiratory electron transfer. It binds to the Fe3+ of Complex

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Please urgently! (10 mins)
Compound X is an inhibitor in respiratory electron transfer. It
binds to the Fe3+ of Complex IV preventing oxygen
binding.
(a) Suggest an example of compound X. (1 mark)
(b) How would compound X affect the NADH /
NAD+ ratio? Explain briefly. (3 marks)
(c) Explain briefly why ingestion compound X is
lethal. (3 marks)
(d) Given: Complexes II, III and IV, cytochrome c, Q, succinate
and compound X
Draft the ELECTRON FLOW and determine
the FINAL ELECTRON
ACCEPTOR with explanation
under AEROBIC condition. (3 marks)
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