Answer
The final reactions of aerobic respiration are membrane reactions, They occur on the inner mitochondrial membranes.
Electronic carriers-- enzymes and others --transport electrons from NADH and FDH2 to oxygen. The final products are oxygen (O2) and water (H2O).
The energy generated by these reactions also drives the proton pumps creating a steep proton (H+) gradient between the mitochondrial membranes; this gradient also drives the chemiosmotic mechanism that promotes ATP-synthase synthesis of of ATP.
Work Step by Step
Glycolysis and aerobic respiration produce a total of 38 ATPs with slight variation in this number between tissues.
