COQ2

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Para-hydroxybenzoate—polyprenyltransferase, mitochondrial is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the COQ2 gene.[1][2]

CoQ (ubiquinone) serves as a redox carrier in the mitochondrial respiratory chain and is a lipid-soluble antioxidant. COQ2, or parahydroxybenzoate-polyprenyltransferase (EC 2.5.1.39), catalyzes one of the final reactions in the biosynthesis of CoQ, the prenylation of parahydroxybenzoate with an all-trans polyprenyl group (Forsgren et al., 2004).[supplied by OMIM][2]

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  1. Forsgren M, Attersand A, Lake S, Grunler J, Swiezewska E, Dallner G, Climent I (Aug 2004). "Isolation and functional expression of human COQ2, a gene encoding a polyprenyl transferase involved in the synthesis of CoQ". Biochem J. 382 (Pt 2): 519–26. doi:10.1042/BJ20040261. PMC 1133808. PMID 15153069.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Entrez Gene: COQ2 coenzyme Q2 homolog, prenyltransferase (yeast)".

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