Enzymes or proteins that have a flavin nucleotide as a coenzyme or prosthetic group. Oxidoreductases or electron carriers in the terminal portion of the electron transport chain.
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Flavoproteins: Flavoproteins are yellow proteins that serve as enzymes critical to the ability of cells in the body to respire, to breath. (The 'flavo-' is borrowed from the Latin 'flavus', yellow). Flavoproteins are, in other words, respiratory enzymes. As enzymes they catalyze (speed) what are technically termed oxidation-reduction reactions. The...
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