The role of quinones in electron transport has attracted considerable recent interest (27). Coenzyme Q1O, which is present in plant mitochondria, is closely related to the respiratory chain (6), and the very similar benzoquinone, plastoquinone, appears to be involved in photosynthesis (7) Vitanmin K-type naphthoquinones have been imlplicated in respiratory electron transfer (30), oxidative phos...