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A schematic diagram showing the movement of an electron from the conserved tyrosine upon photo-excitation, giving a bi-radical form. Rearrangement of the hydrogen bonding between the protein and prosthetic group allows the tyrosine to lose a hydrogen atom and the flavin to gain one, while at the same time Gln 48 isomerises to the imidic form
