Biologically Active Substance
flavodoxin
Subclass of:
Bacterial Proteins; Flavoproteins
Definitions related to flavodoxin:
  • 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.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • Low molecular weight iron-free flavoprotein containing one molecule of flavin mononucleotide and isolated from bacteria grown on an iron-deficient medium; can replace ferredoxin in all the electron-transfer functions in which the latter is known to serve in bacterial cells.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
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