Tetrahydrobiopterin is functionally distinguishable from tetrahydrodictyopterin in Dictyostelium discoideum Ax2.

Abstract:

:Dictyostelium discoideum Ax2 produces both L-erythro-tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4) and its stereoisomer D-threo-BH4 (DH4). The putative cofactor function of them for phenylalanine hydroxylase (PAH) was investigated through genetic manipulation and quantitative determination of pteridines. In addition to establishing that dihydropteridine reductase (DHPR) and dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR) constitute the regeneration pathway of both BH4 and DH4, the results suggested that BH4 is a preferential cofactor for PAH in vivo, not a secondary product of DH4, which functions mainly as an antioxidant. Our result also demonstrated that PAH may be essential for Dictyostelium growth in nature, and thus it appears that the organism has evolved a strategy to maintain BH4 level via regeneration pathway at the expense of DH4 under oxidative stress conditions.

journal_name

FEBS Lett

journal_title

FEBS letters

authors

Kim HL,Park MB,Park YS

doi

10.1016/j.febslet.2011.08.026

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2011-10-03 00:00:00

pages

3047-51

issue

19

eissn

0014-5793

issn

1873-3468

pii

S0014-5793(11)00628-4

journal_volume

585

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