Dopa decarboxylase exhibits low pH half-transaminase and high pH oxidative deaminase activities toward serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine)

Protein Science

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1178-1186

  Bertoldi, Mariarita ^a   Voltattorni, Carla Borri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dopa decarboxylase; Half transamination; Oxidative deamination; Oxygen; Pyridoxal 5 phosphate; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE; AMINOTRANSFERASE; AMMONIA; AROMATIC AMINO ACID; CARBOXYLYASE; DEAMINASE; DOPA; KETONE; OXYGEN; PYRIDOXAMINE PHOSPHATE; SEROTONIN;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; COMPETITIVE INHIBITION; DEAMINATION; DECARBOXYLATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSAMINATION;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DOPA DECARBOXYLASE; HORSES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; KIDNEY; KINETICS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NITROBLUE TETRAZOLIUM; OXYGEN; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEROTONIN; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SWINE; TRANSAMINASES;

EID: 0343773162     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1110/ps.46601     Document Type: Article

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