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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Mar 16.
Published in final edited form as: Chembiochem. 2020 Nov 17;22(6):949–960. doi: 10.1002/cbic.202000661

Figure 9. Interplay of sulfide and butyrate oxidation.

Figure 9.

The activities of SQOR and ACADS both drive electrons into the mitochondrial Q pool, which restricts the capacity of sulfide oxidation during acute H2S exposures. As a countermeasure, SQOR can catalyze the formation of CoA-SSH, a tight-binding inhibitor of ACADs. Inhibition of ACADS by CoA-SSH relieves competition for the Q pool to prioritize sulfide oxidation.