Mechanism of EC 2.5.1.9
riboflavin synthase

The mechanism below rationalizes the reaction mechanism, see Illarionov, B., Eisenreich, W. and Bacher, A. A pentacyclic reaction intermediate of riboflavin synthase. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 98 (2001) 7224-7229. [PMID: 11404482]

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riboflavin biosynthesis (late stagse)
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