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Many poisons act by disrupting metabolism. Cyanide inhibits the action of oxygen in cellular respiration. This means that cyanide most likely disrupts the action of what process? a) ATP synthase b) The electron transport chain c) Glycolysis d) The Krebs cycle 

          Many poisons act by disrupting metabolism. Cyanide inhibits the action of oxygen in cellular respiration. This means that cyanide most likely disrupts the action of what process? 
a) ATP synthase
b) The electron transport chain
c) Glycolysis
d) The Krebs cycle
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00:01 Hello everyone.
00:02 So here it is said that many poisons act by disrupting this metabolism.
00:11 So here cyanide inhibits the action of oxygen in cellular respiration.
00:29 So this means that the cyanide most likely disrupts the action of what process.
00:36 So this is our question, that is, which process is disrupted by the action of cyanide? so this is our question and we are given some answer options.
01:00 First one is this atp synthase.
01:06 Second one is the electron transport chain.
01:14 Electron transport chain.
01:20 C.
01:21 Glycolysis t, the crept cycle.
01:35 So after cyanide poisoning, this electron transport chain can no longer pump the electrons into the intermembring space.
01:52 So that is after cyanide poisoning, the electron transport chain, that is ets, electron transport chain, that is ets, electron transport.
02:12 Chain etc...
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