flavinyl

English

Noun

flavinyl (plural not attested)

1. (organic chemistry, especially in combination) A univalent radical derived from a flavin.
   • 1971 May 25, FeliciaYing-Hsiueh Wu, “Flavin-sensitized photooxidations of tryptophan and tyrosine”, in Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Protein Structure, volume 236, number 2:

     The effect that the tight intramolecular interactions observed within synthetic flavinyl peptides have on the ability of the light-excited flavin portions to oxidize aromatic amino acids intra- and intermolecularly has been examined.

Related terms

• flavinylate
• flavinylation