ubiquinol

Noun

Meaning

ubiquinol (countable and uncountable, plural ubiquinols)

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(biochemistry) A certain benzoquinol, the reduced product of ubiquinone, also called coenzyme Q10.

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For example, in E. coli, there are two different types of ubiquinol oxidase using oxygen as an electron acceptor. Source: Internet

This QH 2 is then released from the enzyme. citation As coenzyme Q is reduced to ubiquinol on the inner side of the membrane and oxidized to ubiquinone on the other, a net transfer of protons across the membrane occurs, adding to the proton gradient. Source: Internet

Importantly, if you’re on a statin drug, you need at least 100 mg to 200 mg of ubiquinol or CoQ10 per day, or more. Source: Internet

Reduction of ubiquinone also contributes to the generation of a proton gradient, as two protons are taken up from the matrix as it is reduced to ubiquinol (QH 2 ). Source: Internet

When Q accepts two electrons and two protons, it becomes reduced to the ubiquinol form (QH 2 ); when QH 2 releases two electrons and two protons, it becomes oxidized back to the ubiquinone (Q) form. Source: Internet

They’re actually the same molecule, but when CoQ10 is reduced it takes on two electrons, which turns it into ubiquinol. Source: Internet

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