A worker in a chemical factory falls into a vat with pentachlorophenol, a wood preservative that uncouples oxidative phosphorylation and that can be absorbed through the skin.Which of the following anomalies can you expect as a result (while the patient is still alive) ?
A) Hypothermia (reduced body temperature) , because mitochondrial energy generation is impaired.
B) A slowdown of all catabolic pathways, including glycolysis.
C) All redox couples in the respiratory chain will be trapped in the reduced state.
D) Glycogen phosphorylase is activated.
E) ATP can no longer be synthesized from carbohydrates, but ATP synthesis from fatty acids is intact.
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