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The non-enzymic hydroxylation of phenylalanine to tyrosine by 2-amino-4-hydroxy-6,7-dimethyl-5,6,7,8-tetrahydropteridine.

ABSTRACT: 1. Phenylalanine is converted into tyrosine by incubation in air with 6,7-dimethyltetrahydropterin, which is a cofactor for the enzymic hydroxylation. This can cause serious inaccuracies in assays of phenylalanine hydroxylase. 2. The non-enzymic reaction is not specific for l-phenylalanine. 3. m-Tyrosine, o-tyrosine and dihydroxyphenylalanines are formed in addition to p-tyrosine; their chromatographic separation and assay are described. 4. l-[(14)C]Phenylalanine as purchased or soon after purification contains p- and m-tyrosine, both of which can cause errors in the assay of phenylalanine hydroxylase. 5. Catalase prevents the non-enzymic hydroxylation. Thiol compounds in low concentrations stimulate the reaction but in high concentrations are inhibitory. Fe(2+) and metal complexing agents have small stimulatory effects. 6. The mechanism of the non-enzymic reaction and its possible relation to the enzymic hydroxylation of phenylalanine are discussed; it is suggested that phenylalanine is attacked by a peroxide of the cofactor.

SUBMITTER: Woolf LI

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1178094 | biostudies-other | 1971 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

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