Ubiquinone is a membrane-soluble quinone electron carrier with a hydrophobic isoprenoid side chain. Reduction of the quinone headgroup gives ubiquinol.
In the mitochondrial respiratory chain, movement within the membrane transfers reducing equivalents between protein complexes. The hydrophobic chain controls localization, while the headgroup carries out the redox chemistry.
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