All Are Correct About the Glycerophosphate Shuttle EXCEPT

question 57

Multiple Choice

All are correct about the glycerophosphate shuttle EXCEPT:

• A) there are two distinct forms of glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase in cells with this shuttle.
• B) it results in the net transfer of electrons to the electron transport chain from NADH in the cytosol.
• C) glycerol-3-phosphate is translocated across the inner mitochondrial membrane into the matrix.
• D) electrons derived from this shuttle enter the electron transport chain at UQ.
• E) one form of glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase is a flavoprotein.

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