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. 2023 Nov 22;300(1):105470. doi: 10.1016/j.jbc.2023.105470

Table 2.

Misconceptions in graphical representations of electron entry into CI and CII

CI e-input errors Ref. CII e-input errors Ref.
NADH → NAD+ + H+ (45, 97, 99) FADH2 → FAD (4, 23, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99)a
NADH → NAD (52, 56)b FADH2 → FAD (52, 56)b
NAD → NADH (56)c FAD → FADH2 (56)c
NADH → NAD+ + H+ (106, 122, 156, 157, 163, 172, 181) FADH2 → FAD (100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187)d
NADH → NAD (123, 125, 130, 168, 177, 184)
NADH +H+ → NAD+ + 2H+ (149)
NADH → NAD+ + H+ (227, 238) FADH2 (188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195, 196, 197, 198, 199, 200, 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 217, 218, 219, 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 236, 237, 238, 239, 240)e
NADH → NAD (220, 227)
NADP (240)
NADH → NAD+ + H+ (241) FADH2 → FAD + H+ (241)
NADH → NAD+ + H+ (242, 248, 259, 260, 261, 265, 268, 274) FADH2 → FAD + 2H+ (242, 243, 244, 245, 246, 247, 248, 249, 250, 251, 252, 253, 254, 255, 256, 257, 258, 259, 260, 261, 262, 263, 264, 265, 266, 267, 268, 269, 270, 271, 272, 273, 274, 275, 276, 277, 278, 279, 280)f
NADH → NAD + H+ (243, 245, 271, 278)
NADH → NAD+ + 2H+ (244, 246, 247, 249, 250, 251, 252, 253, 254, 255, 256, 257, 258, 262, 263, 264, 266, 267, 269, 270, 273, 275, 276, 277, 278, 279, 280)
NADH → NAD + 2H+ (272)
NADH → NAD (286) FADH2 → FAD+ (281, 282, 283, 284, 285, 286, 287, 288, 289, 290, 291, 292, 293, 294, 295, 296, 297, 298, 299, 300, 301, 302, 303, 304, 305, 306, 307, 308, 309, 310)g
NADH +H → NAD+ (307) FADH2 → FAD+ (307)
NADH → NAD + H+ (311) FADH2 → FAD+ +H+ (311)
NADH → NAD+ + H+ (312) FADH2 → FAD+ +H+ (312)
NADH → NAD+ + H+ (313, 315, 316, 318) FADH2 → FAD+ +2H+ (313, 314, 315, 316, 317, 318, 319)
NADH → NAD+ + 2H+ (314, 317, 319) FADH2 → FAD+ +2H+
FADH2 → FAD2+ (320)
NADH + H+ → NADH (321) FADH2 → FADH (321, 322, 323, 324, 325, 326, 327, 328, 329)
NADH → NAD (326)
NADH → NAD+ + H+ (330) FADH2 → FADH +H+ (330)
FADH2 → FADH+ (331, 332)h
FADH (333, 334)
NADH → NAD + H+ (335, 336) FADH → FAD (335, 336)
FADH → FAD+ (337, 338, 339)
NADH → NAD+ + H+ (340) FADH → FAD+ + H+ (340)
NADH → NAD+ + H+ (341) FADH → FAD+ + 2H+ (341)
FADH+ → FAD (342)
FAD → FADH2 (343, 344, 345)i
FAD+ → FADH2 (346)
FADH2 → FAD + 2H+ (347)j
FADH2 → CI → CII (348)
ETF → CII → CIII (349, 350, 351, 352, 353, 354, 355)k
NADH → NAD+ + H+ (241) CI → CII → CIII (129, 166, 171, 176, 183, 223, 241, 339, 348, 373)
NAD+ + H+ → NADH (386)l

2{H+ + e-} is donated to CI in the oxidation NADH + H+ → NAD+ + 2{H+ + e-}, and to CII in the oxidation Succinate2- → Fumarate2- + 2{H+ + e-}.

a

FAD a substrate of SDH and FADH2 a substrate of CI (Fig. 3, AC).

b

Oxidation by CI and CII of NADH and FADH2, respectively, from the TCA cycle.

c

Reduction by CI and CII of NAD (NAD+) and FAD from β-oxidation.

d

Figure 3, D and E.

f

Figure 3, G and H.

i

Electron transfer into the Q-junction does not occur from a common FADH2 pool from CII and CGpDH, as Fig. 6 of ref. (345) suggests, but through functionally separate branches converging at the Q-junction.

j

Paradoxically, oxidation of FADH2 is linked to oxidation of succinate with formation of FAD and fumarate and 2H+; Succinate + FADH2 → FAD + Fumarate + 2H+.

k

The pathway is either shown from β-oxidation to CII or explicitly from ETF to CII (Fig. 5).

l

Fig. 7 of ref. (386) shows reduction of NAD+ by CI, where it should be oxidation of NADH.