flavin on Polypompholyxhttps://polypompholyx.github.io/tag/flavin/Recent content in flavin on PolypompholyxHugoen-GBExcept where otherwise noted, content on this site is licensed under a Creative Commons CC-BY-SA-3.0 licence, Steve CookTue, 16 Apr 2013 10:37:07 +0000The product of succinate dehydrogenase is ubiquinol not reduced flavinhttps://polypompholyx.github.io/2013/04/misconceptions-sdh/Tue, 09 Apr 2013 11:20:05 +0000https://polypompholyx.github.io/2013/04/misconceptions-sdh/<blockquote> <p>Succinate dehydrogenase (SDH) produces reduced flavin (FADH<sub>2</sub>) as a product</p> </blockquote> <p>This misconception is so widespread, even the exam boards get it wrong. <a href="http://www.edexcel.com/quals/gce/gce08/biology/Pages/default.aspx" title="Edexcel A-level biology specification">Page 41 of the Edexcel GCE specification for A-level biology (2008 onwards)</a> states that students should be able to&hellip;</p> <blockquote> <p>Describe the role of the Krebs cycle in the complete oxidation of glucose and formation of carbon dioxide (CO<sub>2</sub>), ATP, reduced NAD and <strong>reduced FAD</strong> (names of other compounds are not required) and that respiration is a many-stepped process with each step controlled and catalysed by a specific intracellular enzyme. [my emphasis]</p> </blockquote>