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ArticleChemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)2018

Why the Flavin Adenine Dinucleotide (FAD) Cofactor Needs To Be Covalently Linked to Complex II of the Electron-Transport Chain for the Conversion of FADH

Daniel F A R Dourado, Marcel Swart, Alexandra T P Carvalho

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Article in Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 33% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Daniel F A R DouradoSchool of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Queen's University Belfast, David Keir Building, Stranmillis Road, Belfast, BT9 5AG, Northern Ireland, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7977-6722
Marcel SwartInstitut de Química Computacional i Catàlisi and Departament de Química, Universitat de Girona, 17003, Girona, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8174-8488
Alexandra T P CarvalhoCNC - Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, 3004-504, Coimbra, Portugal.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2827-5527
Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats · ESQueen's University Belfast · GBUniversity of Coimbra · PT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A covalently bound flavin cofactor is predominant in the succinate-ubiquinone oxidoreductase (SQR; Complex II), an essential component of aerobic electron transport, and in the menaquinol-fumarate oxidoreductase (QFR), the anaerobic counterpart, although it is only present in approximately 10 % of the known flavoenzymes. This work investigates the role of this 8α-N3-histidyl linkage between the flavin adenine dinucleotide (FAD) cofactor and the respiratory Complex II. After parameterization with DFT calculations, classical molecular-dynamics simulations and quantum-mechanics calculations for Complex II:FAD and Complex II:FADH

Indexed as

Models, MolecularAmino Acid SequenceBinding SitesElectron TransportElectron Transport Complex IIFlavin-Adenine DinucleotideFlavinsGlutamineHistidineOxidation-ReductionProtein BindingProtein ConformationProtonsElectron Transport Complex IIFlavin-Adenine DinucleotideFlavinsGlutamineHistidineisoalloxazineProtonsdensity functional calculationselectron transportenzyme catalysisflavinsmolecular dynamics

Identifiers

PMID29124817
PMCPMC5969107
OpenAlexW2767804069

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