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Oxidative phosphorylation utilizes __________ to transfer energy from glucose to ATP indirectly.

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Electron transport chains/carriers. These protein complexes utilise the energy produced in the transfer of the electrons in a redox reaction to pump protons to the outside of inner mitochondrial membrane. This creates a potential that can be utilised by ATP synthase in the phosphorylation of ADP to ATP in a process called chemiosmosis.
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