The document outlines the electron transport chain in metabolism. Glucose and pyruvate enter the mitochondria and are oxidized, producing NADH and FADH2. These electron carriers feed electrons into the electron transport chain, a series of complexes embedded in the inner mitochondrial membrane. As electrons are passed from one complex to the next, protons are pumped from the matrix to the intermembrane space, building an electrochemical gradient. At complex V, ATP synthase uses this proton gradient to phosphorylate ADP, producing ATP through chemiosmosis. The process yields 38 ATP from each glucose molecule that enters the electron transport chain.