Activation energy determinations suggest that thiols reverse autooxidation of tetrahydrobiopterin by a different mechanism than ascorbate

International Journal of Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1786-1793

  Valent, Sándor ^a   Tóth, Miklós ^a  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Activation energy; Autooxidation; Tetrahydrobiopterin; Thiols

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ASCORBIC ACID; CYSTEINE; DIHYDROBIOPTERIN; DITHIOTHREITOL; GLUTATHIONE; HOMOCYSTEINE; PTERIN DERIVATIVE; REDUCING AGENT; TETRAHYDROBIOPTERIN; THIOL DERIVATIVE; TRIHYDROBIOPTERIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AUTOOXIDATION; ENERGY; LOW TEMPERATURE; OXIDATION; TEMPERATURE;

ASCORBIC ACID; BIOPTERIN; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 33745366610     PISSN: 13572725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocel.2006.04.009     Document Type: Article

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