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Sepiapterin reductase expression is increased in Parkinson's disease brain tissue.
Brain research - 30 Mar 2007
Tobin Jennifer E, Cui Jing, Wilk Jemma B, Latourelle Jeanne C, Laramie Jason M, McKee Ann C, Guttman Mark, Karamohamed Samer, DeStefano Anita L, Myers Richard H
Abstract excerpt
The PARK3 locus on chromosome 2p13 has shown linkage to both the development and age of onset of Parkinson's disease (PD). One candidate gene at this locus is sepiapterin reductase (SPR). Sepiapterin reductase catalyzes the final step in the biosynthetic pathway of tetrahydrobiopterin (BH(4)), an essential cofactor for aromatic amino acid hydrolases including tyrosine hydroxylase, the rate-limiting enzyme in...
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