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Archaeal RibL: a new FAD synthetase that is air sensitive.
Biochemistry - 12 Oct 2010
Mashhadi Zahra, Xu Huimin, Grochowski Laura L, White Robert H
Abstract excerpt
FAD synthetases catalyze the transfer of the AMP portion of ATP to FMN to produce FAD and pyrophosphate (PP(i)). Monofunctional FAD synthetases exist in eukaryotes, while bacteria have bifunctional enzymes that catalyze both the phosphorylation of riboflavin and adenylation of FMN to produce FAD. Analyses of archaeal genomes did not reveal the presence of genes encoding either group, yet the archaea contain FAD....
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