| 单词 | respiratory chain |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrespiratory chain respiratory chain n. Biochemistry the sequence of enzymes and other proteins within a mitochondrial or cell membrane, or of reactions, by which substrates are oxidized in the biochemical process of respiration (respiration n. 5). ΚΠ 1931 Biol. Bull. 60 227 This might mean destruction or out-diffusion..from the cell of the key substances in the respiratory chain. 1934 W. E. Tottingham Plant Biochem. ix. 176 The potential of glutathione lies relatively near that at which O2 becomes activated to enter the respiratory chain of reactions. 1967 Brain 90 149 Although iron has replaced copper as an oxygen carrier relatively late in evolution it has not displaced this metal from its key role in the respiratory chain. 2005 C. de Duve Singularities xi. 138 In most organisms, molecular oxygen (forming water) is the final electron acceptor. Electron-transport chains are often called respiratory chains for this reason. < as lemmas |
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