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PHOTOREDUCTION of flavins is known to occur with aminoacids1,2 or, intramolecularly, with the ribityl side chain of the flavin3,4 as hydrogen donors. We wish to report here a new photochemical reaction of flavins which could also explain the mechanism of flavin and flavoenzyme catalysis as a whole.
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HEMMERICH, P., MASSEY, V. & WEBER, G. Photo-induced Benzyl Substitution of Flavins by Phenylacetate: a Possible Model for Flavoprotein Catalysis. Nature 213, 728–730 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/213728a0
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