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Q. The terminal electron acceptor during electron transport system is

JIPMERJIPMER 2004

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Oxygen is the terminal acceptor of electron in electron transport system, which in the presence of proton forms a water molecule
$\frac{1}{2} O _{2}+2 e \longrightarrow O ^{2-}$
$2 H ^{+}+ O ^{2-} \longrightarrow H _{2} O$