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Inhibition of the Photoreduction of Flavin Mononucleotide

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IT has recently been suggested that 3-(p-chlorophenyl)-1,1-dimethylurea (CMU) changes specifically the reactivity of excited flavin molecules but has no effect on the photoreduction of other dyes such as phthaleine dyes or methylene blue1. It was argued that the formation of a CMU–flavin complex may be responsible for this effect, particularly since CMU and flavin have ‘similar structures’1,2, thus introducing specificity into the CMU–flavin interaction.

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RADDA, G., CALVIN, M. Inhibition of the Photoreduction of Flavin Mononucleotide. Nature 200, 464–465 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/200464b0

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