Inhibitors | Comment | Organism | Structure |
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alpha-methyl-L-tyrosine | in vivo injection into the neurointermediate lobe of the pituitary gland, i.e. the intracerebro-ventricular and intra-arcuatus injection, leads to reduced synthesis of dopamine and DOPA, but not of norepinephrine, and leads to increased contents of pituitary prolactin, overview | Rattus norvegicus |
Natural Substrates | Organism | Comment (Nat. Sub.) | Natural Products | Comment (Nat. Pro.) | Rev. | Reac. |
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L-tyrosine + tetrahydrobiopterin + O2 | Rattus norvegicus | the enzyme catalyzes the rate-limiting step in dopamine biosynthesis, enzyme inhibition in the brain leads to hypothalamic reduced dopamine and DOPAC levels and increased pituitary prolactine, while the norepinephrine levels remain unaltered, overview | 3,4-dihydroxy-L-phenylalanine + 4a-hydroxytetrahydrobiopterin + H2O | - |
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Organism | UniProt | Comment | Textmining |
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Rattus norvegicus | - |
male Wistar rats | - |
Posttranslational Modification | Comment | Organism |
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phosphoprotein | phosphorylation activates the tyrosine hydroxylase | Rattus norvegicus |
Source Tissue | Comment | Organism | Textmining |
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brain | - |
Rattus norvegicus | - |
neuron | hypothalamic domainergic neurons | Rattus norvegicus | - |
Substrates | Comment Substrates | Organism | Products | Comment (Products) | Rev. | Reac. |
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L-tyrosine + tetrahydrobiopterin + O2 | - |
Rattus norvegicus | 3,4-dihydroxy-L-phenylalanine + 4a-hydroxytetrahydrobiopterin + H2O | - |
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L-tyrosine + tetrahydrobiopterin + O2 | the enzyme catalyzes the rate-limiting step in dopamine biosynthesis, enzyme inhibition in the brain leads to hypothalamic reduced dopamine and DOPAC levels and increased pituitary prolactine, while the norepinephrine levels remain unaltered, overview | Rattus norvegicus | 3,4-dihydroxy-L-phenylalanine + 4a-hydroxytetrahydrobiopterin + H2O | - |
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Synonyms | Comment | Organism |
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tyrosine hydroxylase | - |
Rattus norvegicus |
Cofactor | Comment | Organism | Structure |
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tetrahydrobiopterin | - |
Rattus norvegicus |