Nomenclature
EC number
1.3.5.4
Systematic name
succinate:menaquinone oxidoreductase
Recommended name
fumarate reductase (menaquinone)
Synonyms
8-methylmenaquinol:fumarate reductase <8> [13]
FRD
MFR <8,9> [13]
MFR complex <8,9> [13]
QFR <2,8,10> [9,16,23]
SQR <3> [18]
mQFR <7> [17]
menaquinol-fumarate oxidoreductase <10> (<10> cf. EC 1.3.5.1, succinateubiquinone
oxidoreductase, structurally and functionally related membranebound
enzyme complexes [16]) [16]
menaquinol:fumarate oxidoreductase <7> [17]
methylmenaquinol:fumarate reductase <8,9> [13]
non-classical succinate:quinone reductase <8,9> [13]
quinol-fumarate reductase <2> [12]
quinol:fumarate reductase <5> [15]
succinate:MK reductase <8> [9]
succinate:menaquinone 7-reductase <3> [18]
succinate:menaquinone oxidoreductase <6> [10]
succinate:menaquinone reductase <8> [9]
succinate:quinone oxidoreductase <2,8> (<2,8> ambiguous [9]) [9]
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Schomburg, D., Schomburg, I. (2013). fumarate reductase (menaquinone) 1.3.5.4. In: Schomburg, D., Schomburg, I. (eds) Class 1 Oxidoreductases. Springer Handbook of Enzymes. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-36265-1_47
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