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prenylquinone
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A quinone substituted by a polyprenyl-derived side-chain. Prenylquinones occur in all living cells. Due to their amphiphilic character, they are mainly located in biological membranes where they function as electron and proton carriers in the photosynthetic and respiratory electron transport chains. Some prenylquinones also perform more specialised roles sucy as antioxidants and enzyme cofactors. Prenylquinones are classified according to ring structure: the main classes are menaquinones, phylloquinones, ubiquinones and plastoquinones.
Term info
Label
prenylquinone
Subsets
3_STAR
has alternative id
CHEBI:72751
has obo namespace
chebi_ontology
has related synonym
polyprenylquinone, polyprenylquinones, prenylquinones
id
CHEBI:26255