Functional characterization of human COQ4, a gene required for Coenzyme Q10 biosynthesis

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 372, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 35-39

  Casarin, Alberto ^a   Jimenez Ortega, Jose Carlos ^b   Trevisson, Eva ^a   Pertegato, Vanessa ^a   Doimo, Mara ^a   Ferrero Gomez, Maria Lara ^a   Abbadi, Sara ^a   Artuch, Rafael ^c   Quinzii, Catarina ^d   Hirano, Michio ^d   Basso, Giuseppe ^a   Ocaña, Carlos Santos ^b   Navas, Placido ^b   Salviati, Leonardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL SANT JOAN DE DÉU   (Spain)

^d Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Biosynthesis; Coenzyme Q10; Coenzyme Q10 deficiency; Ubiquinone

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; AMINO ACID; FUNGAL PROTEIN; GLYCEROL; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; GUANINE; HYBRID PROTEIN; ISOPROTEIN; NUCLEOTIDE; PROTEIN; PROTEIN COQ4; THYMINE; UBIDECARENONE;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL GROWTH; CHROMOSOME 9Q; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRON; LIVER LEVEL; LUNG; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; OPEN READING FRAME; ORTHOLOGY; PANCREAS; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE LEVEL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 9; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; ISOENZYMES; MITOCHONDRIA; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; UBIQUINONE;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 44649130654     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2008.04.172     Document Type: Article

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