flavoprotein, flavo-protein Biochem.
(fleɪvəʊˈprəʊtiːn)
[f. flavo- + protein.]
Any of a group of conjugated proteins having flavin mononucleotide or flavin adenine dinucleotide as cofactor and involved in oxidation-reduction reactions in the cell.
| 1934 Chem. Abstr. XXVIII. 3765 Flavins and flavo⁓proteins as vitamin B2. 1954 New Biol. XVII. 63 For these reactions a series of catalysts is necessary (cytochromes, flavoproteins, cozymase, etc.) which appear to be common to all types of cell. 1966 D. Keilin Hist. Cell Respiration xii. 287 With substrates other than succinate it appears that flavoprotein acts as the terminal oxidase. |