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1.14.16.1: phenylalanine 4-monooxygenase

This is an abbreviated version!
For detailed information about phenylalanine 4-monooxygenase, go to the full flat file.

Word Map on EC 1.14.16.1

Reaction

L-phenylalanine
+
a 5,6,7,8-tetrahydropteridine
+
O2
=
L-tyrosine
+
a 4a-hydroxy-5,6,7,8-tetrahydropteridine

Synonyms

cePAH, DicPAH, EC 1.14.3.1, EC 1.99.1.2, HPAH, L-phenylalanine 4-hydroxylase, oxygenase, phenylalanine 4-mono-, P4H, PAH, PheH, phenylalaninase, phenylalanine 4-hydroxylase, phenylalanine hydroxylase, phenylalanine monooxygenase, PheOH, phhA

ECTree

     1 Oxidoreductases
         1.14 Acting on paired donors, with incorporation or reduction of molecular oxygen
             1.14.16 With reduced pteridine as one donor, and incorporation of one atom of oxygen into the other donor
                1.14.16.1 phenylalanine 4-monooxygenase

Systematic Name

Systematic Name on EC 1.14.16.1 - phenylalanine 4-monooxygenase

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SYSTEMATIC NAME
IUBMB Comments
L-phenylalanine,tetrahydrobiopterin:oxygen oxidoreductase (4-hydroxylating)
The active centre contains mononuclear iron(II). The reaction involves an arene oxide that rearranges to give the phenolic hydroxy group. This results in the hydrogen at C-4 migrating to C-3 and in part being retained. This process is known as the NIH-shift. The 4a-hydroxytetrahydropteridine formed can dehydrate to 6,7-dihydropteridine, both spontaneously and by the action of EC 4.2.1.96, 4a-hydroxytetrahydrobiopterin dehydratase. The 6,7-dihydropteridine must be enzymically reduced back to tetrahydropteridine, by EC 1.5.1.34, 6,7-dihydropteridine reductase, before it slowly rearranges into the more stable but inactive compound 7,8-dihydropteridine.