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Definition: Flavin |
FlavinNoun1. A ketone that forms the nucleus of certain natural yellow pigments like riboflavin. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Flavin \Fla"vin\, noun. [Latin expression flavus yellow.]. (references) |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Flavin is a tricyclic heteronuclear organic ring whose biochemical source is the vitamin riboflavin. The flavin moiety is often conjugated with an adenosine diphosphate to form flavin adenine dinucleotide (e.g. FAD), and in other circumstances, is found as flavin mononucleotide (or FMN), a phosphorylated form of riboflavin. The flavin group is capable of undergoing oxidation-reduction reactions, and can accept either one electron in a two step process or can accept two electrons at once. In the form of FADH2, it is one of the cofactors that can transfer electrons to the electron transfer chain. FMN is a prosthetic group found in NADH dehydrogenase and FAD is a cofactor in the enzymes D-amino acid oxidase, glucose oxidase, and xanthine oxidase.
Flavin is also the name of a commune in the Aveyron département, in France
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Crosswords: Flavin |
| Specialty definitions using "flavin": Aryl Hydrocarbon Hydroxylases ♦ Flavodoxin. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Flavin" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Hungarian (Flavin), Serbo-Croatian (flavin). |
| "Flavin" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Flavin" is used about 13 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 100% | 13 | 97,576 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "flavin" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Flavin | Last name | 1,000 | 18,712 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
flavin jennifer | 35 |
jennifer flavin stallone | 15 |
dan flavin | 12 |
flavin | 12 |
flavin realty | 8 |
flavin monooxygenase | 6 |
estate flavin real | 4 |
jennifer flavin serious skin care | 4 |
classification flavin monooxygenase | 3 |
flavin flavin | 2 |
austin calvert flavin | 2 |
flavin mick | 2 |
flavin patricia | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "flavin"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Arabic | الفلافين صبغ أصفر. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | Жълта Боя, Флавин. (various references) | |
Danish | FMN (flavin mononucleotide), flavin-mononucleotid (flavin mononucleotide), flavinadenindinukleotid (flavin adenine dinucleotide), flavin-adenin dinucleotid (flavin adenine dinucleotide), FAD (course, dish, platter). (various references) | |
Dutch | flavine mononucleotide (flavin mononucleotide), flavine adenine dinucleotide (flavin adenine dinucleotide). (various references) | |
Finnish | flaviinimononukleotidi (flavin mononucleotide), flaviiniadeniinidinukleotidi (flavin adenine dinucleotide). (various references) | |
French | Flavescence. (various references) | |
German | FMN (Flavin mononucleotide), Flavin-mononucleotid (flavin mononucleotide), Flavinmononucleotid (Flavin mononucleotide), Flavinikterus (flavin jaundice), Flavin-adenin-dinucleotid (flavin adenine dinucleotide). (various references) | |
Greek | FMN (flavin mononucleotide), φλαβινομονονουκλεοτίδιο (flavin mononucleotide, flavine mononucleotide, riboflavine 5'-phosphate), φλαβινοαδενινικό δινουκλεοτίδιο (flavin adenine dinucleotide, flavine adenine dinucleotide). (various references) | |
Hungarian | Flavin. (various references) | |
Italian | Flavina. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | フラビン酵素 (FAZ, flamenco, flavin enzyme, flower arrangement, flower tea, flywheel magnet, franc, Francis Bacon, francium, Franglais, frank, Frankfurt, frankfurter, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | フラビンこうそ (flavin enzyme). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | avinflay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | flavina. (various references) | |
Russian | Желтая Краска, желтая краска (chrome). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | flavin. (various references) | |
Spanish | Flavina. (various references) | |
Turkish | Sarı Boya (flavine, yellow paint). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "flavin": flavine, flavines, flavins. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "flavin": riboflavin. (additional references) | |
Words containing "flavin": acriflavine, acriflavines, ariboflavinoses, ariboflavinosis, riboflavins. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "flavin" (pronounced flā"vi'n) |
| 3 | -v i' n | covin, Levin, ravin, Savin. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-f-i-l-n-v" | |
-1 letter: anvil, final, nival, vinal. | |
-2 letters: alif, anil, fail, fain, fila, flan, lain, naif, nail, vail, vain, vial, vina. | |
-3 letters: ail, ain, ani, fan, fil, fin, lav, lin, nil, van, via. | |
-4 letters: ai, al, an, fa, if, in, la, li, na. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-f-i-l-n-v" | |
+1 letter: flavine, flavins. | |
+2 letters: flavines. | |
+3 letters: avifaunal, flavonoid, flavoring. | |
+4 letters: flavonoids, flavorings, flavouring, lifesaving, riboflavin. | |
+5 letters: acriflavine, infinitival, lifesavings, overinflate, riboflavins. | |
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