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SUBMITTER: Daubner SC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3065393 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Daubner S Colette SC Le Tiffany T Wang Shanzhi S
Archives of biochemistry and biophysics 20101219 1
Tyrosine hydroxylase is the rate-limiting enzyme of catecholamine biosynthesis; it uses tetrahydrobiopterin and molecular oxygen to convert tyrosine to DOPA. Its amino terminal 150 amino acids comprise a domain whose structure is involved in regulating the enzyme's activity. Modes of regulation include phosphorylation by multiple kinases at four different serine residues, and dephosphorylation by two phosphatases. The enzyme is inhibited in feedback fashion by the catecholamine neurotransmitters ...[more]