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EC 4.2.1.96 Details
EC number
4.2.1.96
Accepted name
4a-hydroxytetrahydrobiopterin dehydratase
Reaction
4a-hydroxytetrahydrobiopterin = 6,7-dihydrobiopterin + H2O
Other name(s)
4α-hydroxy-tetrahydropterin dehydratase, 4a-carbinolamine dehydratase, pterin-4α-carbinolamine dehydratase, 4a-hydroxytetrahydrobiopterin hydro-lyase
Systematic name
4a-hydroxytetrahydrobiopterin hydro-lyase (6,7-dihydrobiopterin-forming)
CAS registry number
87683-70-3
Comment
In concert with EC 1.5.1.34, 6,7-dihydropteridine reductase, the enzyme recycles 4a-hydroxytetrahydrobiopterin back to tetrahydrobiopterin, a cosubstrate for several enzymes, including aromatic amino acid hydroxylases. The enzyme is bifunctional, and also acts as a dimerization cofactor of hepatocyte nuclear factor-1α (HNF-1).
History
created 1999, modified 2020
EC Tree
4.2.1.13 created 1961, deleted 2001
4.2.1.14 created 1961, deleted 2001
4.2.1.15 created 1961, deleted 1972
4.2.1.16 created 1961, deleted 2001
4.2.1.21 created 1961, deleted 1964
4.2.1.23 created 1961, deleted 1972
4.2.1.26 created 1965, deleted 2002
4.2.1.29 created 1965, deleted 2004
4.2.1.37 created 1972, deleted 1992
4.2.1.38 created 1972, deleted 2001
4.2.1.63 created 1972, deleted 1978
4.2.1.64 created 1972, deleted 1978
4.2.1.71 created 1978, modified 1989, modified 2000, deleted 2004
4.2.1.72 created 1978, deleted 2000
4.2.1.86 created 1989, deleted 2004
4.2.1.102 created 2001, deleted 2001