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Coenzyme Q10 deficiencies: pathways in yeast and humans.
Essays in biochemistry - 20 Jul 2018
Awad Agape M, Bradley Michelle C, Fernández-Del-Río Lucía, Nag Anish, Tsui Hui S, Clarke Catherine F
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Coenzyme Q (ubiquinone or CoQ) is an essential lipid that plays a role in mitochondrial respiratory electron transport and serves as an important antioxidant. In human and yeast cells, CoQ synthesis derives from aromatic ring precursors and the isoprene biosynthetic pathway. Saccharomyces cerevisiae coq mutants provide a powerful model for our understanding of CoQ biosynthesis. This review focusses on the...
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