Biopolym. Cell. 2004; 20(3):224-232.
http://dx.doi.org/10.7124/bc.0006A9
Structure and Function of Biopolymers
Electronic structure models of flavoproteides and mechanism of oxidases action
1Minaev B. F., 1Minaeva V. A., 1Leschenko V. N.
  1. B. Khmelnyckyy Cherkasy National University
    81, Shevchenko Blvd., Cherkassy, Ukraine, 18031

Abstract

The electronic properties and structure of flavinadenindinucleotide (FAD) and flavinmononucleotide (FMN) and their simplified models have been calculated by the PM3 method. The geometrical structure of the redox forms of these coenzymes has been calculated and the reasons of their high oxidising ability have been pointed out. The mechanism of molecular oxygen activation by glucose oxidase under reduction to H2O2 has been discussed.
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