Question

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

• A. Cardiac muscle cells
• B. Erythrocytes
• C. Neurons
• D. Oxyntic cells

Answer 1

Answer: (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