- pteridine.
Pterins, as a group, are
compounds related to
pterin with
additional substituents.
Pterin itself is of no
biological significance.
Pterins were first...
- In enzymology, a
pterin deaminase (EC 3.5.4.11) is an
enzyme that
catalyzes the
chemical reaction 2-amino-4-hydroxypteridine + H2O ⇌ {\displaystyle \rightleftharpoons...
-
Pterin-4 alpha-carbinolamine
dehydratase deficiency (PCDD) is one of the
known forms of
tetrahydrobiopterin deficiency. This
condition is ****ociated with...
-
compounds containing a wide
variety of
substituents on this
parent structure.
Pterins and
flavins are
classes of
substituted pteridines that have
diverse biological...
-
generating this
color are
pterins and carotenoids.
These two
pigments are the most
easily seen
through the anole's eyes.
Pterin and
carotenoid pigments...
-
tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4) is the
endogenous cofactor for AAAH enzymes. As with
pterins in general,
biopterins exhibit tautomerism. In
other words,
there are a...
-
oxidoreductases use
tungsten similarly to
molybdenum by
using it in a tungsten-
pterin complex with
molybdopterin (molybdopterin,
despite its name, does not contain...
- have been
detected but not yet characterized. Melanins,
carotenoids and
pterins, very
common in
other animals, are
apparently absent. In some species,...
- in
electric potential.
Pterins have a role in
photoreception and
phototransduction of near-UV
light to blue
light and
pterins may play a role in photosynthesis...
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evaporative conditions.
Other coenzymes may have
existed early on Earth, such as
pterins (a
derivative of
vitamin B9),
flavins (FAD,
flavin mononucleotide = FMN)...
