News in ubiquinone biosynthesis.
Ubiquinone (named because of its ubiquitous presence in organisms) functions as an electron carrier in the mitochondrial respiratory chain. Pierrel et al. (2010) have described the presence of new actors in the biosynthesis of this venerable molecule.
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