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Flavodoxin
Medical Definition: | A low-molecular-weight (16,000) iron-free flavoprotein containing one molecule of flavin mononucleotide (FMN) and isolated from bacteria grown on an iron-deficient medium. It can replace ferredoxin in all the electron-transfer functions in which the latter is known to serve in bacterial cells. |
Guide Notes: | a bact protein |
Previously Indexed: | Bacterial Proteins (1972-1976),Flavoproteins (1970-1976) |
Flavodoxin Medical Definitions and Terms
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