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Mechanism of irreversible inactivation of phenylalanine-4- and tryptophan-5-hydroxylases by [4-36Cl, 2-14C]p-chlorophenylalanine: A revision

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Intraperitoneal injection of [4-36Cl, 2-14C]p-chlorophenylalanine (pCPA) (300 mg/kg) in rats revealed absence of chlorine in pure hepatic phenylalanine hydroxyase, while the carbon label appeared as 1–4 moles/mole of [14C]tyrosine in the inactivated phenylalanine and cerebral tryptophan-5-hydroxylase. Crystalline muscle aldolase and tyrosine hydroxylase also revealed the presence of [2-14C]tyrosine from [2-14C]pCPA without inactivating these enzymes. Injection of L-[(U)-14C] tyrosine led to its incorporation into the above enzymes, but to a different degree without altering the enzyme activity. Repeated injections ofp-chlorophenylacetic acid had no effect on phenylalanine or tryptophan-hydroxylase. Administration of pCPA did not change the levels of cerebral biopterins. Reexamination of the effect of cycloheximide on reversing enzymic inactivation by pCPA failed to confirm our earlier observation.

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Gál, E.M., Whitacre, D.H. Mechanism of irreversible inactivation of phenylalanine-4- and tryptophan-5-hydroxylases by [4-36Cl, 2-14C]p-chlorophenylalanine: A revision. Neurochem Res 7, 13–26 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00965065

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