| Synonyms |
CAT-2, DTH1, DTH2, hTH2, L-tyrosine hydroxylase, monophenol monooxygenase, oxygenase, tyrosine 3-mono-, TH, TH1, TH2, TyrH, tyrosinase, tyrosine 3-hydroxylase, tyrosine 3-monooxygenase, tyrosine hydroxylase, tyrosine hydroxylase type 1, tyrosine-3-mono-oxygenase, tyrosine-3-monooxygenase |
| Comments |
The active centre contains mononuclear iron(II). The enzyme is activated by phosphorylation, catalysed by EC 2.7.11.27, [aceteyl-CoA caboxylase]kinase. The 4a-hydroxytetrahydrobiopterin formed can dehydrate to 6,7-dihydrobiopterin, both spontaneously and by the action of EC 4.2.1.96, 4a-hydroxytetrahydrobiopterin dehydratase. The 6,7-dihydrobiopterin can be enzymically reduced back to tetrahydrobiopterin, by EC 1.5.1.34 (6,7-dihydropteridine reductase), or slowly rearranges into the more stable compound 7,8-dihydrobiopterin. |
