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Flavocytochromes: Nature’s Electrical Transformers

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Biological Electron Transfer Chains: Genetics, Composition and Mode of Operation

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Flavocytochromes, as the name suggests, contain both flavin and heme groups as cofactors. The flavin can be flavin adenine dinucleotide (FAD) or flavin mononucleotide (FMN) and the heme is usually heme-b or heme-c. Typical cofactors are illustrated in Figure 1.

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Chapman, S.K., Reid, G.A., Munro, A.W. (1998). Flavocytochromes: Nature’s Electrical Transformers. In: Canters, G.W., Vijgenboom, E. (eds) Biological Electron Transfer Chains: Genetics, Composition and Mode of Operation. NATO ASI Series, vol 512. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-5133-7_12

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