Tetrahedron Letters

Progress toward the synthesis of a biomimetic membrane

KW Gano, DC Myles

Index: Gano, Kyle W.; Myles, David C. Tetrahedron Letters, 2000 , vol. 41, # 22 p. 4247 - 4250

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Abstract

Ubiquinone has antioxidant properties and is important in the conversion of products from glycolysis and the citric acid cycle to ATP. We report the synthesis of the necessary components of a biological membrane mimic that can serve as a model system for elucidating the third step in the prokaryotic biosynthesis of ubiquinone.