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Transient peroxides have now been found in the oxidation of condensed pyrazines. Tetrahydropteridines and dihydro(iso)alloxazines proved to have a catalytic effect on the nonenzymatic oxidation of other compounds. This could be explained by regarding the partially reduced condensed pyrazines as acceptors for molecular oxygen. A general structure has been proposed for hydroperoxides occurring as key‐intermediates. The new theory may provide a more complete explanation for some enzymatic oxidation proccesses like the enzymatic hydroxylation of phenylalanine to tyrosine.
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Mager et al. (1965) studied this question.
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