THE STRUCTURE OF THE PHENYLALANINE-HYDROXYLATION COFACTOR
- 1 December 1963
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Vol. 50 (6), 1085-1093
- https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.50.6.1085
Abstract
The structure of the phenylalanine hydroxylation cofactor has been established as dihydrobiopterin. The role of the cofactor in the hydroxylation reaction has been discussed.Keywords
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