(To the tune of “I’m a Lumberjack”) / Recording by Tim Karplus
Oh I’m a little mitochondrion
Who gives you energy
I use my proton gradient
To make the ATPs
He’s a little mitochondrion
Who gives us energy
He uses proton gradients
To make some ATPs
Electrons flow through Complex II
To traffic cop Co-Q
Whenever they arrive there in
An FADH-two
Electrons flow through Complex II
To traffic cop Co-Q
Whenever they arrive there in
An FADH-two
Yes tightly coupled is my state
Unless I get a hole
Created in my membrane by
Some di-ni-tro-phe-nol
Yes tightly coupled is his state
Unless he gets a hole
Created in his membrane by
Some di-ni-tro-phenol
Both rotenone and cyanide
Stop my electron flow
And halt the calculation of
My “P” to “O” ratio
Both rotenone and cyanide
Stop his electron flow
And halt the calculation of
His “P” to “O” ratio
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