Abstract
The phenylalanine analogue L-[2,5-H2]phenylalanine (1) was found to be a viable substrate (KM= 0.45 mM, kcat= 8 s-1) for L-phenylalanine-activated, rat liver phenylalanine hydroxylase (EC 1.14.16.1) (PAH). the PAH-catalyzed oxidation of 1 was stoichiometric with the oxidation of cofactor, 6-methyl-tetrahydropterin. Spectral and chromatographic data of the product from the oxidation of 1 by PAH were found to be in accord with a 3,4-epoxide. the enzymatic epoxidation of 1 is consistent with the hypothesis of an intermediate arene oxide on the reaction coordinate for PAH hydroxylation of L-phenylalanine.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 3658-3663 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Biochemistry |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue number | 10 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - May 1 1988 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Biochemistry
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