electron transport chain

id: GO:0022900
name: electron transport chain
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: A process in which a series of electron carriers operate together to transfer electrons from donors to any of several different terminal electron acceptors to generate a transmembrane electrochemical gradient.

Child Functions

idname
GO:0009767photosynthetic electron transport chain
GO:0022904respiratory electron transport chain

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0006091generation of precursor metabolites and energy
GO:0055114oxidation-reduction process