... properties of PTOX in vitro. In this report, we produced the protein in E. coli and studied its substrate preferences, the factors in uencing its activity and the nature of suitable metalcofactors and ... stimulatedstrongly in both membrane types (Fig. 1A,B) in thepresence of 0.2 mM of ubiquinone and, to some extent, of dPQ, duroquinone or vitamin K1 (phylloquinone). In contrast, addition of benzoquinone ... O2consumption in presence of KCNminus O2consumption in presence of nPG.Fig. 4. Comparison of a putative quinone-binding site in PTOX and AOX sequences. The potential Q site is shaded and arrows indicate...