Definition of "flavoprotein" []

• Any of a group of enzymes containing flavin bound to protein and acting as dehydrogenation catalysts in biological reactions. (noun)

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• "A technique called flavoprotein autofluorescence was used to image a part of their brain called the dorsal cochlear nucleus DCN, which is associated with tinnitus."
• "Heikal AA, Webb WW (2002) Two-photon fluorescence spectroscopy and microscopy of NAD (P) H and flavoprotein."
• "(LipDH) and electron transfer flavoprotein (ETF) [13]."