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EXCITED STATES OF FLAVINE COENZYMES‐TV. KINETICS OF THE PHOTOREDUCTION OF LUMIFLAVINE BY METHIONINE
Author(s) -
Byrom P.,
Turnbull J. H.
Publication year - 1968
Publication title -
photochemistry and photobiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.818
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1751-1097
pISSN - 0031-8655
DOI - 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1968.tb05868.x
Subject(s) - photochemistry , flavin group , kinetics , quenching (fluorescence) , chemistry , excited state , reaction rate constant , aqueous solution , fluorescence , methionine , diffusion , thermodynamics , organic chemistry , biochemistry , physics , atomic physics , enzyme , quantum mechanics , amino acid
— Kinetics of fluorescence quenching and photoreduction of lumiflavine by methionine in anaerobic aqueous solution show that the flavine reacts in the excited triplet state at a diffusion controlled rate. Individual rate constants and activation energies are determined for the process.