Q cycle
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q-cycle-205-17793050
title:
Q cycle
text:
The Q cycle (named for quinol) describes a series of sequential oxidation and reduction of the lipophilic electron carrier Coenzyme Q (CoQ) between the ubiquinol and ubiquinone forms, can result in the net movement of protons across a lipid bilayer (in the case of the mitochondria, the inner mitochondrial membrane). The Q cycle was first proposed by Peter D. Mitchell, though a modified version of Mitchell's original scheme is now accepted as the mechanism by which Complex III moves protons (i.e.
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wiki
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original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q_cycle
date created:
2005-12-05T23:11:21Z
date modified:
2024-09-10T13:44:37Z
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{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e2/Complex_III.png","width":833,"height":825}
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