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CORRECTION article

Front. Mol. Biosci., 23 December 2025

Sec. Mitochondria in Physiology and Disease

Volume 12 - 2025 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fmolb.2025.1760628

Correction: Superoxide- and semiquinone-linked activation of molecular hydrogen in metal-catalyst-free solution

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  1. Superoxide- and semiquinone-linked activation of molecular hydrogen in metal-catalyst-free solution

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Superoxide- and semiquinone-linked activation of molecular hydrogen in metal-catalyst-free solution

by Ishibashi T, Harunari E, Ishihara G, Niiyama T, Noda-Urata M and Komori N (2025). Front. Mol. Biosci. 12:1680812. doi: 10.3389/fmolb.2025.1680812

In the abstract, the term “SQ radicals” was erroneously used instead of “semiquinone radicals (Q•-)”. This has been corrected to read:

“Here we show that under membrane-less in-solution conditions, H2 modulates O2•- kinetics in ways consistent with a tunneling-assisted electron transfer involving semiquinone radicals (Q•-), without catalytic metals or hydrogenases”.

The original article has been updated.

Keywords: molecular hydrogen, semiquinone, superoxide, quantum biology, quantum tunneling, H2 activation, reverse electron transport, mitochondrial complex I and III

Citation: Frontiers Editorial Office (2025) Correction: Superoxide- and semiquinone-linked activation of molecular hydrogen in metal-catalyst-free solution. Front. Mol. Biosci. 12:1760628. doi: 10.3389/fmolb.2025.1760628

Received: 04 December 2025; Accepted: 04 December 2025;
Published: 23 December 2025.

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