Flavins

General structure of flavins. The different flavins differ from each other by the radical R, for example a ribityl group is located here with riboflavin

The flavins are a group of natural yellow (lat .: flavus ) colorants based on the ring system of isoalloxazine .

Is an important substance of this group that the vitamin B complex belonging riboflavin (also: lactoflavin, Vitamin B ₂ ) as the component ( prosthetic group ) of hydrogen-transferring enzymes , known as flavoproteins , in the metabolism of the cell for the respiratory chain , a has great importance.

Flavins are soluble in water.

Paul Karrer received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1937 for his fundamental work on the substance group of flavins.

Important flavins

Riboflavin (vitamin B ₂ )
Flavin mononucleotide (FMN), riboflavin 5-phosphate
Flavin adenine dinucleotide (FAD)

Individual evidence

↑ Georg Löffler, Petro E. Petrides, Peter C. Heinrich (Eds.): Biochemistry and Pathobiochemistry . 8th edition. Springer, Heidelberg 2007, ISBN 978-3-540-32680-9 .

[1] Georg Löffler, Petro E. Petrides, Peter C. Heinrich (Eds.): Biochemistry and Pathobiochemistry . 8th edition. Springer, Heidelberg 2007, ISBN 978-3-540-32680-9 .