The enzyme apparently serves as a quinone reductase in connection with conjugation reactions of hydroquinones involved in detoxification pathways as well as in biosynthetic processes such as the vitamin K-dependent gamma-carboxylation of glutamate residues in prothrombin synthesis.
"Disruption of dihydronicotinamide riboside:quinone oxidoreductase 2 (NQO2) leads to myeloid hyperplasia of bone marrow and decreased sensitivity to menadione toxicity."Long D.J., Iskander K., Gaikwad A., Arin M., Roop D.R., Knox R., Barrios R., Jaiswal A.K.J. Biol. Chem. 277:46131-46139(2002)
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