UBIQUINONE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ubiquinone mean? 

• UBIQUINONE (noun)
  The noun UBIQUINONE has 1 sense:

1. any of several quinones found in living cells and that function as coenzymes that transfer electrons from one molecule to another in cell respiration

  Familiarity information: UBIQUINONE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UBIQUINONE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of several quinones found in living cells and that function as coenzymes that transfer electrons from one molecule to another in cell respiration

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

coenzyme Q; ubiquinone

Hypernyms ("ubiquinone" is a kind of...):

coenzyme (a small molecule (not a protein but sometimes a vitamin) essential for the activity of some enzymes)

benzoquinone; quinone (any of a class of aromatic yellow compounds including several that are biologically important as coenzymes or acceptors or vitamins; used in making dyes)

Domain category:

biochemistry (the organic chemistry of compounds and processes occurring in organisms; the effort to understand biology within the context of chemistry)

 Context examples 

NADH dehydrogenase [ubiquinone] flavoprotein 1, mitochondrial (464 aa, ~51 kDa) is encoded by the human NDUFV1 gene.

(NADH Dehydrogenase [Ubiquinone] Flavoprotein 1, Mitochondrial, NCI Thesaurus)

Also called CoQ10, Q10, ubiquinone, and vitamin Q10.

(coenzyme Q10, NCI Dictionary)

Also called coenzyme Q10, Q10, ubiquinone, and vitamin Q10.

(CoQ10, NCI Dictionary)

This allele, which encodes NADH dehydrogenase [ubiquinone] flavoprotein 1, mitochondrial protein, is involved in the mediation of electron transport.

(NDUFV1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Metformin inhibits complex I (NADPH:ubiquinone oxidoreductase) of the mitochondrial respiratory chain, thereby increasing the cellular AMP to ATP ratio and leading to activation of AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) and regulating AMPK-mediated transcription of target genes.

(Metformin hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)