23.
A student takes some tablets she is offered at a disco, and without asking what they are he swallows them. At a short time later he starts to hyperventilate, and becomes very hot. What is the most likely action of the tablets?
A:
An inhibitor of mitochondrial electron transport chain
B:
An inhibitor of transport of ADP into mitochondria to be phosphorylated
C:
An inhibitor of transport of ATP out of mitochondria to cytosol
D:
An uncoupler of mitochondrial electron transport and oxidative phosphorylation
The answer is:
D