tyrosine hydroxylase

Tyrosine hydroxylase or tyrosine 3-monooxygenase is the enzyme responsible for catalyzing the conversion of the amino acid L-tyrosine to L-3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine (L-DOPA). It does so using molecular oxygen (O2), as well as iron (Fe2+) and tetrahydrobiopterin as cofactors.

TYROSINE HYDROXYLASE. THE INITIAL STEP IN NOREPINEPHRINE BIOSYNTHESIS.
Intricate regulation of tyrosine hydroxylase activity and gene expression.
Assay of tyrosine hydroxylase by coupled decarboxylation of DOPA formed from 1- 14 C-L-tyrosine
The distribution of tyrosine hydroxylase-immunoreactive fibers in the human entorhinal cortex
Acute regulation of tyrosine hydroxylase by nerve activity and by neurotransmitters via phosphorylation.
Tyrosine hydroxylase-immunoreactive boutons in synaptic contact with identified striatonigral neurons, with particular reference to ...
Inactivation of tyrosine hydroxylase by nitration following exposure to peroxynitrite and 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridi...
Light‐microscopic immunocytochemical localization of tyrosine hydroxylase in prenatal rat brain. II. Late ontogeny
BLOCKADE OF ENDOGENOUS NOREPINEPHRINE SYNTHESIS BY ALPHA-METHYL-TYROSINE, AN INHIBITOR OF TYROSINE HYDROXYLASE.
The multifunctional Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase mediates Ca2+-dependent phosphorylation of tyrosine hydroxylase.