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EC 1.14.16.1 Details
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1.14.16.1
Accepted name
phenylalanine 4-monooxygenase
Reaction
L-phenylalanine + a 5,6,7,8-tetrahydropteridine + O2 = L-tyrosine + a 4a-hydroxy-5,6,7,8-tetrahydropteridine
Other name(s)
phenylalaninase,
phenylalanine 4-hydroxylase,
phenylalanine hydroxylase
Systematic name
L-phenylalanine,tetrahydropteridine:oxygen oxidoreductase (4-hydroxylating)
CAS registry number
9029-73-6
Comment
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.
History
created 1961 as EC 1.99.1.2, transferred 1965 to EC 1.14.3.1, transferred 1972 to EC 1.14.16.1, modified 2002, modified 2003, modified 2019
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1 Oxidoreductases
1.1 Acting on the CH-OH group of donors
1.6.4.1 created 1961, deleted 2002 1.6.4.2 created 1961, modified 1989, deleted 2002 1.6.4.3 created 1961, modified 1976, deleted 1983 1.6.4.4 created 1965, deleted 2002 1.6.4.5 created 1972, deleted 2002 1.6.4.6 created 1972, deleted 2002 1.6.4.7 created 1978, deleted 2002 1.6.4.8 created 1989, deleted 2002 1.6.4.9 created 1992, deleted 2002 1.6.4.10 created 1992, deleted 2002
