HIGH SCHOOL BIOLOGY QUESTION - please provide a junior/senior high school level response. Please do not copy answers from another website/source. Cyanide is a chemical that irreversibly binds to (i.e....

HIGH SCHOOL BIOLOGY QUESTION - please provide a junior/senior high school level response. Please do not copy answers from another website/source.

Cyanide is a chemical that irreversibly binds to (i.e. prevents the functioning of) the enzyme cytochrome oxidase, an important enzyme in the electron transport system.

a) Breifly explain, at the cellular level, why cyanide is a lethal chemical.

b) Suggest at least one other cellular consequence of cyanide (i.e. what else happens to the electron transport system when cyanide is present), and a brief explanation of this effect.