Stakeholder Panel Meeting Book - September 6, 2014
FAD and FMN occur as protein bound flavoproteins in tissue, primarily bound to albumin in serum. FAD and FMN function as cofactors for a wide variety of oxidative enzymes and remain bound to the enzymes during the oxidation‐reduction reactions. FAD participates in the respiratory chain thus is important in energy production Flavins can act as oxidizing agents because of their ability to accept a pair of hydrogen atoms.
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