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Ubiquinone

Known as: coenzyme-q, Coenzyme Q, 2-(3,7,11,15,19,23,27,31,35,39-Decamethyl-2,6,10,14,18,22,26,30,34,38-tetracontadecanyl)-5,6-dimethoxy-3-methyl-2,5-cyclohexadiene-1,4-dione 
A lipid-soluble benzoquinone which is involved in ELECTRON TRANSPORT in mitochondrial preparations. The compound occurs in the majority of aerobic… 
National Institutes of Health

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1,4-benzoquinoneCoenzymesMicronutrientsQuinones

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10-(6'-ubiquinonyl)decyltriphenylphosphonium bromide3-demethylubiquinone Q25-demethoxyubiquinone-9COENZYME Q10 DEFICIENCY
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Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Mutants of ubiquinol-cytochrome c2 oxidoreductase resistant to Qo site inhibitors: consequences for ubiquinone and ubiquinol affinity and catalysis.
Seven single-site mutants in six residues of the cyt b polypeptide of Rhodobacter capsulatus selected for resistance to the Qo… 
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
Quantitative resolution of succinate-cytochrome c reductase into succinate-ubiquinone and ubiquinol-cytochrome c reductases.
A purified, active succinate-ubiquinone reductase was prepared from succinate-cytochrome c reductase without damage to ubiquinol… 
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
Purification of three iron-sulfur proteins from the iron-protein fragment of mitochondrial NADH-ubiquinone oxidoreductase.
A fragment containing non-heme iron and acid-labile sulfide but little flavin can be solubilized from the mitochondrial NADH… 
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
Ubiquinones have surface-active properties suited to transport electrons and protons across membranes.
Surface-active properties of ubiquinones and ubiquinols have been investigated by monomolecular-film techniques. Stable… 
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
Isolation of mitochondrial succinate: ubiquinone reductase, cytochrome c reductase and cytochrome c oxidase from Neurospora crassa using nonionic detergent.
The electron transfer complexes, succinate: ubiquinone reductase, ubiquinone: cytochrome c reductase, and cytochrome c: O2… 
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
Electron and proton transport in the ubiquinone cytochrome b-c2 oxidoreductase of Rhodopseudomonas sphaeroides. Patterns of binding and inhibition by antimycin.
The effect of antimycin on the ubiquinone cytochrome b-c2 (Q b-c2) oxidoreductase of the photosynthetic bacterium… 
1979
1979
The recognition of a special ubiquinone functionally central in the ubiquinone-cytochrome b-c2 oxidoreductase.
Although the energy conserving membranes of the photosynthetic bacterium Rhodopseudomonas sphaeroides contain a 25 (+/- 3)-fold… 
Highly Cited
1978
Highly Cited
1978
Second order kinetics of the reduction of cytochrome c2 by the ubiquinone cytochrome b-c2 oxidoreductase of Rhodopseudomonas sphaeroides.
The direct reductant of ferricytochrome c2 in the ubiquinone cytochrome b-c2 oxidoreductase of Rhodopseudomonas sphaeroides is a… 
1966
1966
Studies on dihydronicotinamide adenine dinucleotide ubiquinone reductase. I. Assay of ubiquinone reductase activity in submitochondrial particles and extracts.
Abstract Mitochondrial particles prepared by exposing mitochondria to sonic oscillation catalyzed the oxidation of reduced… 
Highly Cited
1965
Highly Cited
1965
Ubiquinone concentrations in athiorhodaceae grown under various environmental conditions.
1. The nature and concentration of ubiquinone in six species of Athiorhodaceae have been examined after growth under aerobic and…