Some human cells, such as nerve cells, are restricted to aerobic respiration to recycle NADH and FADH2. If these cells are deprived of oxygen, then . ATP production would continue because the cell would perform fermentation oxidative phosphorylation would come to a halt because there wouldn't be any oxygen to "pull" the electrons down the transport chain glycolysis could still continue indefinitely proton gradient formation would continue, but ATP synthase function would stop