6,7-Dimethyl-8-ribityllumazine

Description: 6,7-Dimethyl-8-ribityllumazine, a biosynthetic precursor of Riboflavin (RBF), functions as a noncovalently bound fluorophore of Lumazine protein (LumP), an accessory protein exhibiting fluorescence. Smiles: Cc1nc2c(nc(=O)[nH]c2=O)n(C[C@H](O)[C@H](O)[C@H](O)CO)c1C. References: Yuichi Sato, et al. Crystal structures of the lumazine protein from Photobacterium kishitanii in complexes with the authentic chromophore, 6,7-dimethyl- 8-(1'-D-ribityl) lumazine, and its analogues, riboflavin and flavin mononucleotide, at high resolution. J Bacteriol. 2010 Jan,192(1):127-33.