| Literature DB >> 7528005 |
E R Werner1, M Schmid, G Werner-Felmayer, B Mayer, H Wachter.
Abstract
We synthesized [3'-3H]-5,6,7,8-tetrahydrobiopterin from [8,5'-3H]guanosine 5'-triphosphate ([8,5'-3H]GTP) using GTP cyclohydrolase (EC 3.5.4.16), 6-pyruvoyltetrahydropterin synthase and sepiapterin reductase (EC 1.1.1.153). After purification by cation-exchange h.p.l.c. a solution of radiochemically pure (> 95%) [3'-3H]-5,6,7,8-tetrahydrobiopterin with a specific activity of 9.2 Ci/mmol was obtained. The product proved well suited for studying the binding of tetrahydrobiopterin to nitric-oxide synthase.Entities:
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Year: 1994 PMID: 7528005 PMCID: PMC1137470 DOI: 10.1042/bj3040189
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Biochem J ISSN: 0264-6021 Impact factor: 3.857