Abstract:
:Tetrahydrobiopterin plays an important role in the biosynthesis of certain neurotransmitters. Using DEAE-Sepharose FF column chromatography, we separated the enzyme that synthesizes tetrahydrobiopterin from 6-pyruvoyl-tetrahydropterin [which is different from sepiapterin reductase (EC 1.1.1.153)] in the lemon mutant of the silkworm Bombyx mori into two fractions, which were named carbonyl reductase I (CR I) and carbonyl reductase II (CR II). The CR I enzyme converted 6-pyruvoyl-tetrahydropterin to 6-lactoyl-tetrahydropterin, while CR II converted 6-pyruvoyl-tetrahydropterin to 1'-hydroxy-2'-oxopropyl-tetrahydropterin, both reactions occurring only in the presence of NADPH. Neither of the two carbonyl reductases alone was able to catalyze the conversion of 6-pyruvoyl-tetrahydropterin to tetrahydrobiopterin in the presence of NADPH. However, when CR I was mixed with CR II in the reaction mixture, 6-pyruvoyl-tetrahydropterin was reduced to tetrahydrobiopterin in the presence of NADPH. Moreover, CR I catalyzed the formation of tetrahydrobiopterin from 1'-hydroxy-2'-oxopropyl-tetrahydropterin, while CR II converted 6-lactoyl-tetrahydropterin to tetrahydrobiopterin, both reactions occurring only in the presence of NADPH. Our results suggest that there are two potential routes for formation of tetrahydrobiopterin from 6-pyruvoyl-tetrahydropterin in the lemon mutant silkworm. In the first route, 1'-hydroxy-2'-oxopropyl-tetrahydropterin is formed from 6-pyruvoyl-tetrahydropterin by CR II and then reduced to tetrahydrobiopterin by CR I, both reactions occurring only in the presence of NADPH. In the other route, 6-pyruvoyl-tetrahydropterin is reduced to 6-lactoyl-tetrahydropterin by CR I and then converted to tetrahydrobiopterin by CR II, both reactions occurring only in the presence of NADPH.
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Arch Biochem Biophysjournal_title
Archives of biochemistry and biophysicsauthors
Iino T,Takikawa SI,Yamamoto T,Sawada Hdoi
10.1006/abbi.1999.1561subject
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2000-01-15 00:00:00pages
442-6issue
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1096-0384pii
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