Excited states of flavin coenzymes. Influence of structural factors on the reactivity of excited flavins
- 1 December 1962
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Portland Press Ltd. in Biochemical Journal
- Vol. 85 (3), 517-523
- https://doi.org/10.1042/bj0850517
Abstract
The oxidative activities of lumiflavin, riboflavin, flavin mononucleotide and flavin-adenine dinucleo-tide in the excited state are compared by excitation with blue light in the presence of a substrate as hydrogen donor. The order of oxidative activity is flavin mononucleotide > riboflavin > lumiflavin = flavin -adenine dinucleotide = 0. Excited flavin-adenine dinucleotide shows oxidative activity in the presence of urea. A general mechanism is proposed for the oxidation process, which is ascribed to structural factors affecting singlet to triplet transitions in the excited flavins.Keywords
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