Metabolic functions electron transferring flavoproteins

Riboflavin, also called vitamin B2, is stmcturally composed of an isoafloxazine ring with a ribityl side chain at the nitrogen at position 10. This vitamin functions metabol-icafly as the essoitial component of two flavin coenzymes, flavin adenine dinucleotide (FAD) and flavin mononucleotide (FMN), complexed with proteins, which act as intmnediaries in transfers of electrons in biological oxidation-reduction reactions. Both FAD and FMN function as coenzymes for flavoproteins of flavoenzymes. Flavoproteins are essoitial for the metabolism of carbohydrates, amino acids, and lipids and for pyridoxine and folate conversion to their respective coenzyme forms. 

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