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Cyanide Is a Poison Which Prevents the Last Carrier in the Electron

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Cyanide is a poison which prevents the last carrier in the electron transport chain (cytochrome C oxidase) from transferring the electron to the final electron acceptor. Which of the following would not be a consequence of exposure to this poison?


A) Movement of electrons through the chain would stop.
B) Protons would no longer be pumped outside the membrane.
C) ADP would no longer be recharged to form ATP.
D) Carbon dioxide would continue to be generated.
E) Glycolysis, the intermediate reaction, and the Krebs cycle would stop as the cell would run out of the necessary oxidized coenzymes NAD+ and FAD.

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