Remaining challenges in cellular flavin cofactor homeostasis and flavoprotein biogenesis
The primary role of the water-soluble vitamin B2 (riboflavin) in cell biology is connected with its conversion into FMN and FAD, the cofactors of a large number of dehydrogenases, oxidases and reductases involved in energetic metabolism, epigenetics, protein folding, as well as in a number of divers...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2015-04-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Chemistry |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fchem.2015.00030/full |