It takes place in the mitochondrial membranes. During this step, the hydrogen ions (or a pair of electrons) are transported from one carrier to another and they are finally used to reduce oxygen to water. During this transfer of electrons, lot of energy is released which is in the form of ATP. ATP is thus an energy rich molecule and can be called the energy currency of the cell.
Thus the overall equation for respiration is
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