5lbt

Structural highlights

Function

[NQO2_HUMAN] The enzyme apparently serves as a quinone reductase in connection with conjugation reactions of hydroquinones involved in detoxification pathways as well as in biosynthetic processes such as the vitamin K-dependent gamma-carboxylation of glutamate residues in prothrombin synthesis.^[1]

References

1. ↑ Calamini B, Santarsiero BD, Boutin JA, Mesecar AD. Kinetic, thermodynamic and X-ray structural insights into the interaction of melatonin and analogues with quinone reductase 2. Biochem J. 2008 Jul 1;413(1):81-91. PMID:18254726 doi:10.1042/BJ20071373