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The ubiquinone-binding site of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae succinate-ubiquinone oxidoreductase is a source of superoxide.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 28 Nov 2003
Guo Jing, Lemire Bernard D
Abstract excerpt
The mitochondrial succinate dehydrogenase (SDH) is a tetrameric iron-sulfur flavoprotein of the Krebs cycle and of the respiratory chain. A number of mutations in human SDH genes are responsible for the development of paragangliomas, cancers of the head and neck region. The mev-1 mutation in the Caenorhabditis elegans gene encoding the homolog of the SDHC subunit results in premature aging and hypersensitivity to...
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