Open AccessA Novel Glycolate Oxidase Requiring Flavin Mononucleotide as the Cofactor in the Prasinophycean Alga Mesostigma viride
Author(s) -
Koji Iwamoto,
Tomoyoshi Ikawa
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
plant and cell physiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.975
H-Index - 152
eISSN - 1471-9053
pISSN - 0032-0781
DOI - 10.1093/pcp/pcd020
Subject(s) - flavin mononucleotide , cofactor , flavin group , biochemistry , enzyme , chemistry , dehydrogenase , oxidase test , flavoprotein , flavin adenine dinucleotide
A new type of glycolate-oxidizing enzyme was found in the prasinophycean alga Mesostigma viride. This enzyme was characterized as the glycolate oxidase that strongly requires FMN, thus distinguishing it from most other Prasinophytes that possess glycolate dehydrogenase instead.
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