uncoupling agent

uncoupling agent
Agents that uncouple electron transport from oxidative phosphorylation. Ionophores can do this by discharging the ion gradient across the mitochondrial membrane that is generated by electron transport. In general the term applies to any agent capable of dissociating two linked processes.

Dictionary of molecular biology. 2004.

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