ELECTRON-TRANSPORT IN BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES - ELECTROCHEMICAL-BEHAVIOR OF UBIQUINONE Q,10 ADSORBED ON A PYROLYTIC-GRAPHITE ELECTRODE

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作者
SCHREBLER, RS
ARRATIA, A
SANCHEZ, S
HAUN, M
DURAN, N
机构
[1] UNIV ESTADUAL CAMPINAS, INST BIOL, DEPT BIOQUIM, BR-13081 CAMPINAS, SP, BRAZIL
[2] UNIV ESTADUAL CAMPINAS, INST QUIM, BIOL CHEM LAB, BR-13081 CAMPINAS, SP, BRAZIL
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BIOELECTROCHEMISTRY AND BIOENERGETICS | 1990年 / 23卷 / 01期
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10.1016/0302-4598(90)80006-5
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
The E-pH diagram has enabled us to obtain the acid-base constant of ubiquinone and the equilibrium potential at pH = 0 for the different couples participating in the process of quinone adsorption on a pyrolytic graphite electrode in aqueous buffered media. The electrochemical behaviour found for ubiquinone may explain in part the in vivo ubiquinone processes. The molecular contour of deoxyribonucleic acid changes the stability of the semiubiquinone intermediate, as shown by chemiluminescence and binding experiments. © 1990.
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