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Structural studies on phenylalanine hydroxylase and implications toward understanding and treating phenylketonuria.
Pediatrics - 1 Dec 2003
Erlandsen Heidi, Patch Marianne G, Gamez Alejandra, Straub Mary, Stevens Raymond C
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Mutations in the gene encoding for phenylalanine hydroxylase (PAH) result in phenylketonuria (PKU) or hyperphenylalaninemia (HPA). Several 3-dimensional structures of truncated forms of PAH have been determined in our laboratory and by others, using x-ray crystallographic techniques. These struct...
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