Possibility of the nonenzymatic conversion of 6-(1′-oxo-2′- hydroxypropyl)-tetrahydropterin to sepiapterin

Pteridines

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 11-14

  Sawada, Hiroshi ^a   Shimura, Natumi ^a   Takikawa, Shin Ichiro ^b   Iino, Teruhiko ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biosynthesis of tetrahydrobiopterin; Carbonyl reductase; Sepiapterin reductase; Sepiapterin reductase deficiency; Tetrahydrobiopterin; Tetrahydrobiopterin deficiency

Indexed keywords

6 (1' OXO 2' HYDROXYPROPYL)TETRAHYDROPTERIN; AMINO ACID; CARBONYL REDUCTASE; DYSPROPTERIN; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; OXYGENASE; PTERIN DERIVATIVE; SEPIAPTERIN; SEPIAPTERIN REDUCTASE; TETRAHYDROBIOPTERIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; ENZYME MECHANISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN METABOLISM; REDUCTION; SILKWORM; URINARY EXCRETION;

EID: 17644405867     PISSN: 09334807     EISSN: 21954720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/pteridines.2005.16.1.11     Document Type: Article

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