M.Sc. Bio-Chemistry (PU-CET P.G) 2022 Panjab University Entrance Exam With Answers

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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