Respiration In Plants Question 146

Question: Which of the following types of mammalian cell does not carry out oxidative phosphorylation?

Options:

A) Cardiac muscle cells

B) Erythrocytes

C) Neurons

D) Oxyntic cells

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Answer:

Correct Answer: B

Solution:

[b] Oxidative phosphorylation is the addition of a phosphate group to ADP using the energy gained from electron transfer along a chain of electron carriers.

This process generates energy in the form of ATP, and is absent in erythrocytes.