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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Dec 7.
Published in final edited form as: Mol Biochem Parasitol. 2012 May 8;184(2):10.1016/j.molbiopara.2012.04.009. doi: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2012.04.009

Table 1.

Use of alternative electron acceptors by TgDHOD-VSSM

Electron acceptor Enzyme Activity %(a)
QD 100
Q0 44 ± 5
Q1 89 ± 5
Q6 34 ± 2
Q10 21 ± 3
PQ0 35 ± 1
Menadione 24 ± 1
Ferricyanide 12 ± 1
Fumarate 0.3 ± 0.1
1,4-Naphthoquinone 35 ± 1
2,5-Dimethyl-p-benzoquinone 27 ± 1
(a)

Activity was measured with the DCIP reduction assay using 1 mM dihydroorotate, 0.1 mM electron acceptor and 0.1 mM DCIP. The activity measured with QD was taken as 100%. Values are followed by standard deviations.