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Pterins are very similar to flavins, and the reactions catalyzed by pterin monooxygenases (for a review, see Massey and Hemmerich, 1975) are very similar to those catalyzed by the flavin monooxygenases.
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Ingraham, L.L., Meyer, D.L. (1985). Pterin Monooxygenases. In: Biochemistry of Dioxygen. Biochemistry of the Elements, vol 4. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2475-1_13
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