Atypical kinase COQ8B, mitochondrial (Coq8b)

Atypical kinase involved in the biosynthesis of coenzyme Q, also named ubiquinone, an essential lipid-soluble electron transporter for aerobic cellular respiration. Its substrate specificity is unclear: does not show any protein kinase activity.

Probably functions as a small molecule kinase, possibly a lipid kinase that phosphorylates a prenyl lipid from the ubiquinone biosynthesis pathway. Required for podocyte migration.