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Electron leak

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The flux of electrons that exit the electron transfer system without completing the reduction of oxygen to water at cytochrome c, causing the production of ROS. The rate of electron leak depends on the topology of the complex, the redox state of the moiety responsible of electron leakiness and usually on the ฮ”p. In some cases, the ฮ”p dependance relies more on the ฮ”pH component than in the ฮ”ฮจ.