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- Tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4, THB), also known as sapropterin (INN), is a cofactor of the three aromatic amino acid hydroxylase enzymes, used in the degradation...
- ****emblies of phenylalanine. A rarer form of hyperphenylalaninemia is tetrahydrobiopterin deficiency, which occurs when the PAH enzyme is normal, and a defect...
- Tetrahydrobiopterin deficiency (THBD, BH4D) is a rare metabolic disorder that increases the blood levels of phenylalanine. Phenylalanine is an amino acid...
- does so using molecular oxygen (O2), as well as iron (Fe2+) and tetrahydrobiopterin as cofactors. L-DOPA is a precursor for dopamine, which, in turn...
- chemicals. Sepiapterin can be metabolized into tetrahydrobiopterin via a salvage pathway. Tetrahydrobiopterin is an essential cofactor in humans for breakdown...
- aromatic amino acid hydroxylases, a class of monooxygenase that uses tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4, a pteridine cofactor) and a non-heme iron for catalysis. During...
- recessive disorder that causes malignant hyperphenylalaninemia due to tetrahydrobiopterin deficiency. It is a recessive disorder that is accompanied by hyperphenylalaninemia...
- hydroxylases. TPH catalyzes the following chemical reaction L-tryptophan + tetrahydrobiopterin + O2 ⇌ {\displaystyle \rightleftharpoons } 5-Hydroxytryptophan +...
- insertion of molybdate into MPT to form Moco (molybdenum cofactor). Tetrahydrobiopterin, the major unconjugated pterin in vertebrates, is involved in three...
- restored to the required cofactor tetrahydrobiopterin by dihydrobiopterin reductase. Pteridine Tetrahydrobiopterin Dihydropteridine reductase deficiency...