ENTRY EC 1.6.8.2
NAME NADPH dehydrogenase (flavin)
CLASS Oxidoreductases
Acting on NADH or NADPH
With a flavin as acceptor
SYSNAME NADPH:riboflavin oxidoreductase
REACTION NADPH + Riboflavin = NADP+ + Reduced riboflavin
SUBSTRATE NADPH
Riboflavin
PRODUCT NADP+
Reduced riboflavin
COMMENT The enzyme from Entamoeba histolytica reduces riboflavin and
galactoflavin, and, more slowly, FMN and FAD. NADH is oxidized
at one-twentieth of the rate of NADPH.
DBLINKS University of Geneva ENZYME DATA BANK: 1.6.8.2
WIT (What Is There) Metabolic Reconstruction: 1.6.8.2
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