GTP cyclohydrolase I feedback regulatory protein is expressed in serotonin neurons and regulates tetrahydrobiopterin biosynthesis

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 669-675

  Kapatos, Gregory ^b   Hirayama, Kei ^b   Shimoji, Mika ^b   Milstien, Sheldon ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

5,6,7,8 Tetrahydrobiopterin; Dopamine; GTP cyclohydrolase I; GTP cyclohydrolase I feedback regulatory protein; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

7,8 DIHYDRONEOPTERIN; DEXTRO PHENYLALANINE; DOPAMINE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE CYCLOHYDROLASE I; MESSENGER RNA; NORADRENALIN; PHENYLALANINE; PTERIN DERIVATIVE; REGULATOR PROTEIN; SEROTONIN; TETRAHYDROBIOPTERIN; TRYPTOPHAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSAL RAPHE NUCLEUS; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; LOCUS CERULEUS; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0032900222     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.1999.0720669.x     Document Type: Article

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