The pathway from GTP to tetrahydrobiopterin: Three-dimensional structures of GTP cyclohydrolase I and 6-pyruvoyl tetrahydropterin synthase

Biological Chemistry

Volumn 378, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 185-192

  Auerbach, Günter ^a   Nar, Herbert ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM PHARMA GMBH AND CO KG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Crystal structures; GTP cyclohydrolase I; Pyruvoyl tetrahydropterin synthase; Sepiapterin reductase; Tetrahydrobiopterin

Indexed keywords

6 PYRUVOYLTETRAHYDROPTERIN SYNTHASE; DYSPROPTERIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE CYCLOHYDROLASE I; METALLOPROTEIN; OXIDOREDUCTASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; SEPIAPTERIN REDUCTASE; SYNTHETASE; TETRAHYDROBIOPTERIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATALYSIS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME CONFORMATION; ENZYME SUBUNIT; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION ANALYSIS; REVIEW;

ALCOHOL OXIDOREDUCTASES; ANIMALS; BIOPTERIN; GTP CYCLOHYDROLASE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; HUMANS; PHOSPHORUS-OXYGEN LYASES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

EID: 0030994949     PISSN: 14316730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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