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Flavin Monooxygenases

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Flavins and pteridines act as catalysts in many hydroxylation reactions, particularly those in bacterial systems. One atom of dioxygen is incorporated in the hydroxyl group and the other is reduced to water, so these enzymes are monooxygenases. Flavin monooxygenases (for a review, see Ballou, 1982) perform aromatic hydroxylations, oxidative decarboxylations, and oxidation of amines. Flavin monooxygenases are not able to hydroxylate aliphatic hydrocarbons, and most, if not all, aromatic substrates are fairly well activated by hydroxy or amino groups.

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Ingraham, L.L., Meyer, D.L. (1985). Flavin Monooxygenases. In: Biochemistry of Dioxygen. Biochemistry of the Elements, vol 4. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2475-1_12

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