Characterization of NADPH-dependent ubiquinone reductase activity in rat liver cytosol: Effect of various factors on ubiquinone-reducing activity and discrimination from other quinone reductases

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 256-263

  Takahashi, Takayuki ^a   Okamoto, Tadashi ^a   Kishi, Takeo ^a  

^a KOBE GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cytosol; Liver; NADPH ubiquinone reductase; Ubiquinol; Ubiquinone

Indexed keywords

ANTIMYCIN A1; ASCORBIC ACID; CYSTEINE; CYTOCHROME C; FLAVINE ADENINE NUCLEOTIDE; FLAVINE MONONUCLEOTIDE; FLAVOPROTEIN; GLUTATHIONE; ISOASCORBIC ACID; MAGNESIUM ION; MALONIC ACID; NICOTINAMIDE NUCLEOTIDE; POTASSIUM CYANIDE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE (PHOSPHATE) DEHYDROGENASE (QUINONE); REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE DEHYDROGENASE (UBIQUINONE); REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; ROTENONE; STRONTIUM; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LIVER CYTOSOL; LIVER HOMOGENATE; LIVER MICROSOME; LIVER MITOCHONDRION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PH; RAT; REDUCTION; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030027791     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a021232     Document Type: Article

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