| Literature DB >> 1973034 |
M H Fukami1, J Haavik, T Flatmark.
Abstract
Incubation of bovine chromaffin cells with L-[14C]phenylalanine resulted in label accumulation in catecholamines at about 30% of the rate seen with L-tyrosine as precursor. Studies with purified tyrosine hydroxylase (EC 1.14.16.2) showed that the enzyme catalysed the hydroxylation of L-phenylalanine first to L-p-tyrosine and then to 3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine (DOPA). No evidence for a significant involvement of an L-m-tyrosine intermediate in DOPA formation was found.Entities:
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Year: 1990 PMID: 1973034 PMCID: PMC1131466 DOI: 10.1042/bj2680525
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Biochem J ISSN: 0264-6021 Impact factor: 3.857