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Other names published for COQ2: 4-hydroxybenzoate octaprenyltransferase, YNR041C

COQ2 - Function/Process (19)

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Guzy RD, et al.  (2007) Mitochondrial complex III is required for hypoxia-induced ROS production and gene transcription in yeast. Antioxid Redox Signal 9(9):1317-28
Hsieh EJ, et al.  (2007) Saccharomyces cerevisiae Coq9 polypeptide is a subunit of the mitochondrial coenzyme Q biosynthetic complex. Arch Biochem Biophys 463(1):19-26
Ohara K, et al.  (2006) Functional characterization of OsPPT1, which encodes p-hydroxybenzoate polyprenyltransferase involved in ubiquinone biosynthesis in Oryza sativa. Plant Cell Physiol 47(5):581-90
Gin P and Clarke CF  (2005) Genetic evidence for a multi-subunit complex in coenzyme Q biosynthesis in yeast and the role of the Coq1 hexaprenyl diphosphate synthase. J Biol Chem 280(4):2676-81
Forsgren M, et al.  (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
Ohara K, et al.  (2004) Engineering of ubiquinone biosynthesis using the yeast coq2 gene confers oxidative stress tolerance in transgenic tobacco. Plant J 40(5):734-43
Okada K, et al.  (2004) The AtPPT1 gene encoding 4-hydroxybenzoate polyprenyl diphosphate transferase in ubiquinone biosynthesis is required for embryo development in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Mol Biol 55(4):567-77
Dimmer KS, et al.  (2002) Genetic basis of mitochondrial function and morphology in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Mol Biol Cell 13(3):847-53
Hsu AY, et al.  (2000) Genetic evidence for a multi-subunit complex in the O-methyltransferase steps of coenzyme Q biosynthesis. Biochim Biophys Acta 1484(2-3):287-97
Poon WW, et al.  (1999) Yeast and rat Coq3 and Escherichia coli UbiG polypeptides catalyze both O-methyltransferase steps in coenzyme Q biosynthesis. J Biol Chem 274(31):21665-72
Okada K, et al.  (1998) Biological significance of the side chain length of ubiquinone in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. FEBS Lett 431(2):241-4
Santos-Ocana C, et al.  (1998) Coenzyme Q6 and iron reduction are responsible for the extracellular ascorbate stabilization at the plasma membrane of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. J Biol Chem 273(14):8099-105
Poon WW, et al.  (1997) Sensitivity to treatment with polyunsaturated fatty acids is a general characteristic of the ubiquinone-deficient yeast coq mutants. Mol Aspects Med 18 Suppl():S121-7
Marbois BN and Clarke CF  (1996) The COQ7 gene encodes a protein in saccharomyces cerevisiae necessary for ubiquinone biosynthesis. J Biol Chem 271(6):2995-3004
Branda SS and Isaya G  (1995) Prediction and identification of new natural substrates of the yeast mitochondrial intermediate peptidase. J Biol Chem 270(45):27366-73
Suzuki K, et al.  (1994) Evidence that Escherichia coli ubiA product is a functional homolog of yeast COQ2, and the regulation of ubiA gene expression. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 58(10):1814-9
Wu G, et al.  (1993) Mutants of Escherichia coli affected in respiration: the cloning and nucleotide sequence of ubiA, encoding the membrane-bound p-hydroxybenzoate:octaprenyltransferase. J Gen Microbiol 139(8):1795-805
Ashby MN, et al.  (1992) COQ2 is a candidate for the structural gene encoding para-hydroxybenzoate:polyprenyltransferase. J Biol Chem 267(6):4128-36
Casey J and Threlfall DR  (1978) Formation of 3-hexaprenyl-4-hydroxybenzoate by matrix-free mitochondrial membrane-rich preparations of yeast. Biochim Biophys Acta 530(3):487-502