A small protein that is attached to the outer surface of the inner membrane of mitochondria and acts as a mobile carrier for electron transfer in oxidative phosphorylation is

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The metabolic pathway through which the electron passes from one carrier to another, is called the electron transport system (ETS). This pathway is present in the inner mitochondrial membrane. Electrons from NADH (produced in the mitochondria matrix) are oxidized by an NADH dehydrogenase (Complex I) and are transferred to ubiquinone (Complex II). The reduced ubiquinone (ubiquinol) is then oxidised with the transfer of electrons to cytochrome c via cytochrome bc1 complex (complex III). Cytochrome c is a small protei