Article
Genetic and biochemical characterization of little isoxanthopterin (lix), a gene controlling dihydropterin oxidase activity in Drosophila melanogaster.
Molecular & general genetics : MGG - 1 Nov 1991
Silva F J, Escriche B, Ordoño E, Ferré J
Abstract excerpt
Dihydropterin oxidase catalyses the oxidation of 7,8-dihydropteridines into their fully oxidized products, and is involved in the biosynthesis of isoxanthopterin. Fifteen Drosophila melanogaster mutants, selected for their low pterin and isoxanthopterin content, were assayed for dihydropterin oxi...
Topics
- Animals
- Chromosome Mapping
- Crosses, Genetic
- Drosophila melanogaster
- Female
- Genotype
- Male
- Mutation
- Oxidoreductases
- Pteridines
- Substrate Specificity
- Temperature