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Mitochondrial respiratory chain complex II Overview

GO Annotations consist of four mandatory components: a gene product, a term from one of the three Gene Ontology (GO) controlled vocabularies (Molecular Function, Biological Process, and Cellular Component), a reference, and an evidence code.


Summary
Key role in aerobic respiration, in which mitochondrial enzymes accept electrons from electron carriers reduced in glycolysis and the tricarboxylic acid cycle. Catalyzes the oxidation of succinate to fumarate as part of tricarboxylic acid cycle and and transfers the electrons to coenzyme Q of the respiratory chain to form ubiquinol. Under most conditions the electrons are used to reduce oxygen, allowing ATP synthesis. SDH1 and SDH2 form the catalytic dimer that is anchored to the matrix surface of the mitochondrial inner membrane by SDH3 and SDH4, integral membrane proteins of the membrane dimer. Electrons flow from succinate to the FAD, and sequentially through the [2Fe:2S], the [4Fe:4S], and the [3Fe:4S] clusters. From there, electrons enter the membrane dimer which contains a b-type heme and the active site for ubiquinone reduction.
GO Slim Terms

The yeast GO Slim terms are higher level terms that best represent the major S. cerevisiae biological processes, functions, and cellular components. The GO Slim terms listed here are the broader parent terms for the specific terms to which this gene product is annotated, and thus represent the more general processes, functions, and components in which it is involved.

oxidoreductase activity, biosynthetic process, cellular respiration, generation of precursor metabolites and energy, nucleobase-containing small molecule metabolic process, small molecule metabolic process, membrane