Tyrosine 3-monooxygenase (EC:1.14.16.2), is a member of the family of tetrameric, biopterin-dependent aromatic amino acid hydroxylases found in metazoans. It is closely related to tetrameric phenylalanine-4-hydroxylase and tryptophan 5-monooxygenase, and more distantly related to the monomeric phenylalanine-4-hydroxylase found in some Gram-negative bacteria. It catalyses the first step in catecholamine biosynthesis.
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Crystal structure of tyrosine hydroxylase at 2.3 A and its implications for inherited neurodegenerative diseases.
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[PubMed: 9228951] http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nsb0797-578
Goodwill KE, Sabatier C, Stevens RC.
Crystal structure of tyrosine hydroxylase with bound cofactor analogue and iron at 2.3 A resolution: self-hydroxylation of Phe300 and the pterin-binding site.
Biochemistry 37 1998 13437-45
[PubMed: 9753429] http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/bi981462g