investigate the difference in activity between an enzyme immobilised in alginate and the same enzyme free in solution, and state the advantages of using immobilised enzymes
explain that during oxidative phosphorylation: • hydrogen atoms split into protons and energetic electrons • energetic electrons release energy as they pass through the electron transport chain (details of carriers are not expected) • the released energy is used to transfer protons across the inner mitochondrial membrane • protons return to the mitochondrial matrix by facilitated diffusion through ATP synthase, providing energy for ATP synthesis (details of ATP synthase are not expected) • oxygen acts as the final electron acceptor to form water
explain the importance of the oxygen dissociation curve at partial pressures of oxygen in the lungs and in respiring tissues