Overlapping riboflavin supply pathways in bacteria

VA García-Angulo - Critical reviews in microbiology, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Riboflavin derivatives are essential cofactors for a myriad of flavoproteins. In bacteria, flavins
importance extends beyond their role as intracellular protein cofactors, as secreted flavins …

[HTML][HTML] Brown-Vialetto-Van Laere syndrome, a ponto-bulbar palsy with deafness, is caused by mutations in c20orf54

P Green, M Wiseman, YJ Crow, H Houlden… - The American Journal of …, 2010 - cell.com
Brown-Vialetto-Van Laere syndrome is a rare neurological disorder with a variable age at
onset and clinical course. The key features are progressive ponto-bulbar palsy and bilateral …

An update on the genetics, clinical presentation, and pathomechanisms of human riboflavin transporter deficiency

B O'Callaghan, AM Bosch… - Journal of Inherited …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Riboflavin transporter deficiency (RTD) is a rare neurological condition that encompasses
the Brown‐Vialetto‐Van Laere and Fazio‐Londe syndromes since the discovery of …

Novel riboflavin transporter family RFVT/SLC52: identification, nomenclature, functional characterization and genetic diseases of RFVT/SLC52

A Yonezawa, K Inui - Molecular aspects of medicine, 2013 - Elsevier
Riboflavin, a water-soluble vitamin also known as vitamin B2, is essential for normal cellular
functions. Riboflavin transporters play important roles in its homeostasis. Recently, three …

[HTML][HTML] Identification and comparative functional characterization of a new human riboflavin transporter hRFT3 expressed in the brain

Y Yao, A Yonezawa, H Yoshimatsu, S Masuda… - The Journal of …, 2010 - Elsevier
We isolated cDNA coding a new human riboflavin transporter (hRFT) 3, which exhibits 86.7
and 44.1% amino acid identity with hRFT1 and hRFT2, respectively. It was predicted to have …

Extensive identification of bacterial riboflavin transporters and their distribution across bacterial species

A Gutiérrez-Preciado, AG Torres, E Merino… - PLoS …, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Riboflavin, the precursor for the cofactors flavin mononucleotide (FMN) and flavin adenine
dinucleotide, is an essential metabolite in all organisms. While the functions for de novo …

Clinical presentation and outcome of riboflavin transporter deficiency: mini review after five years of experience

B Jaeger, AM Bosch - Journal of inherited metabolic disease, 2016 - Springer
Introduction Riboflavin (vitamin B2) is absorbed in the small intestine by the human
riboflavin transporters RFVT1 and RFVT3. A third riboflavin transporter (RFVT2) is …

[HTML][HTML] Expansion of the Major Facilitator Superfamily (MFS) to include novel transporters as well as transmembrane-acting enzymes

SC Wang, P Davejan, KJ Hendargo… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The Major Facilitator Superfamily (MFS) is currently the largest characterized
superfamily of transmembrane secondary transport proteins. Its diverse members are found …

Riboflavin-targeted drug delivery

M Darguzyte, N Drude, T Lammers, F Kiessling - Cancers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Active targeting can improve the retention of drugs and drug delivery systems in tumors,
thereby enhancing their therapeutic efficacy. In this context, vitamin receptors that are …

The concise guide to pharmacology 2013/14: transporters

SPH Alexander, HE Benson… - British journal of …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Concise Guide to PHARMACOLOGY 2013/14 provides concise overviews of
the key properties of over 2000 human drug targets with their pharmacology, plus links to an …