Báo cáo khoa học: Deflavination and reconstitution of flavoproteins Tackling fold and function

Flavoproteins are ubiquitous redox proteins that are involved in many biological processes.In the majority of flavoproteins, the flavin cofactor is tightlybut noncovalently bound.Reversible dissociation of flavoproteins into apo-proteinandflavinprostheticgroupyields valuable insights in flavoprotein folding, functionandmechanism.Replacement of the natural cofactorwithartificial flavins has proved tobe especially useful for the determination of the solvent acces-sibility, polarity, reaction stereochemistry and dynamic behaviour of flavoprotein active sites....