COQ2

Coenzyme Q2 homolog, prenyltransferase (yeast)
Identifiers
Symbols COQ2; CL640; FLJ13014; FLJ26072
External IDs OMIM609825 MGI1919133 HomoloGene69192 GeneCards: COQ2 Gene
EC number 2.5.1.39
RNA expression pattern
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Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 27235 71883
Ensembl ENSG00000173085 ENSMUSG00000029319
UniProt Q96H96 n/a
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_015697 NM_027978.2
RefSeq (protein) NP_056512 NP_082254.2
Location (UCSC) Chr 4:
84.18 – 84.21 Mb
Chr 5:
101.08 – 101.1 Mb
PubMed search [1] [2]

Para-hydroxybenzoate--polyprenyltransferase, mitochondrial is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the COQ2 gene.[1][2]

CoQ (ubiquinone) serves as a redox carrier in the mitochondrial respiratory chain and is a lipid-soluble antioxidant. COQ2, or parahydroxybenzoate-polyprenyltransferase (EC 2.5.1.39), catalyzes one of the final reactions in the biosynthesis of CoQ, the prenylation of parahydroxybenzoate with an all-trans polyprenyl group (Forsgren et al., 2004).[supplied by OMIM][2]

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