FLAVIN MONONUCLEOTIDE

Chemical properties

Yellow Crystalline Solid

The Uses of FLAVIN MONONUCLEOTIDE

One of the bioactive forms of Riboflavin. Nutritional factor found in milk, eggs, malted barley, liver, kidney, heart, leafy vegetables. Richest natural source is yeast. Minute amounts present in all plant and animal cells. Vitamin (enzyme cofactor)

The Uses of FLAVIN MONONUCLEOTIDE

Riboflavine 5’-Phosphate is an intermediate in the synthesis of Riboflavin-4''-phosphate (R415010), a phosphate ester of Riboflavin (R414995) which is a nutritional factor found in milk, eggs, malted barley, liver, kidney, heart, leafy vegetables. Richest natural source is yeast. Minute amounts present in all plant and animal cells. Vitamin (enzyme cofactor).

Background

A coenzyme for a number of oxidative enzymes including NADH DEHYDROGENASE. It is the principal form in which RIBOFLAVIN is found in cells and tissues.

Definition

ChEBI: A flavin mononucleotide that is riboflavin (vitamin B2) in which the primary hydroxy group has been converted to its dihydrogen phosphate ester.

Metabolism

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