Phenylalanine hydroxylase - wikipedia Phenylalanine hydroxylase PAH Available structures PDB Ortholog search : PDBe RCSB List of PDB id codes 1DMW, 1J8T, 1J8U, 1KW0, 1LRM, 1MMK, 1MMT, 1TDW, 1TG2, 2PAH, 3PAH, 4ANP, 5PAH, 6PAH, 5FII Identifiers Aliases PAH, PH, PKU, PKU1, phenylalanine hydroxylase External IDs OMIM : 612349 MGI : 97473 HomoloGene : 234 GeneCards : PAH Gene location ( Human ) Chr. Chromosome 12 ( human ) Band 12q23. 2 Start 102,836,885 bp End 102,958,410 bp Gene location ( Mouse ) Chr. Chromosome 10 ( mouse ) Band 10 C1 10 43.64 cM Start 87,521,795 bp End 87,584,136 bp RNA expression pattern More reference expression data Gene ontology Molecular function iron ion binding phenylalanine 4 - monooxygenase activity metal ion binding monooxygenase activity catalytic activity oxidoreductase activity, acting on paired donors, with incorporation or reduction of molecular oxygen, reduced pteridine as one donor, and incorporation of one atom of oxygen oxidoreductase activity Cellular component cytosol Biological process catecholamine biosynthetic process neurotransmitter biosynthetic process L - phenylalanine catabolic process cellular amino acid biosynthetic process aromatic amino acid family metabolic process metabolism oxidation - reduction process Sources : Amigo / QuickGO Orthologs Species Human Mouse Entrez 5053 18478 Ensembl ENSG00000171759 ENSMUSG00000020051 UniProt P00439 P16331 RefSeq ( mRNA ) NM_000277 NM_001354304 NM_008777 RefSeq ( protein ) NP_000268 NP_001341233 NP_032803 Location ( UCSC ) Chr 12 : 102.84 -- 102.96 Mb Chr 10 : 87.52 -- 87.58 Mb PubMed search Wikidata View / Edit Human View / Edit Mouse Phenylalanine hydroxylase ( PAH ) ( EC 1.14. 16.1 ) is an enzyme that catalyzes the hydroxylation of the aromatic side - chain of phenylalanine to generate tyrosine. PAH is one of three members of the biopterin - dependent aromatic amino acid hydroxylases, a class of monooxygenase that uses tetrahydrobiopterin ( BH, a pteridine cofactor ) and a non-heme iron for catalysis. During the reaction, molecular oxygen is heterolytically cleaved with sequential incorporation of one oxygen atom into BH and phenylalanine substrate. Reaction catalyzed by PAH Phenylalanine hydroxylase is the rate - limiting enzyme of the metabolic pathway that degrades excess phenylalanine. Research on phenylalanine hydroxylase by Seymour Kaufman led to the discovery of tetrahydrobiopterin as a biological cofactor. The enzyme is also interesting from a human health perspective because mutations in PAH, the encoding gene, can lead to phenylketonuria, a severe metabolic disorder. Contents 1 Enzyme mechanism 2 Enzyme regulation 3 Structure 3.1 Catalytic domain 3.2 N - terminal regulatory domain 3.3 Tetramerization domain 4 Biological function 5 Disease relevance 6 Related enzymes 7 References 8 Further reading 9 External links Enzyme mechanism The reaction is thought to proceed through the following steps : formation of a Fe ( II ) - O-O - BH bridge. heterolytic cleavage of the O-O bond to yield the ferryl oxo hydroxylating intermediate Fe ( IV ) = O attack on Fe ( IV ) = O to hydroxylate phenylalanine substrate to tyrosine. PAH mechanism, part I Formation and cleavage of the iron - peroxypterin bridge. Although evidence strongly supports Fe ( IV ) = O as the hydroxylating intermediate, the mechanistic details underlying the formation of the Fe ( II ) - O-O - BH bridge prior to heterolytic cleavage remain controversial. Two pathways have been proposed based on models that differ in the proximity of the iron to the pterin cofactor and the number of water molecules assumed to be iron - coordinated during catalysis. According to one model, an iron dioxygen complex is initially formed and stabilized as a resonance hybrid of Fe O and Fe O. The activated O then attacks BH, forming a transition state characterized by charge separation between the electron - deficient pterin ring and the electron - rich dioxygen species. The Fe ( II ) - O-O - BH4 bridge is subsequently formed. On the other hand, formation of this bridge has been modeled assuming that BH4 is located in iron 's first coordination shell and that the iron is not coordinated to any water molecules. This model predicts a different mechanism involving a pterin radical and superoxide as critical intermediates. Once formed, the Fe ( II ) - O-O - BH bridge is broken through heterolytic cleavage of the O-O bond to Fe ( IV ) = O and 4a - hydroxytetrahydrobiopterin ; thus, molecular oxygen is the source of both oxygen atoms used to hydroxylate the pterin ring and phenylalanine. PAH mechanism, part II Hydroxylation of phenylalanine by ferryl oxo intermediate. Because the mechanism involves a Fe ( IV ) = O ( as opposed to a peroxypterin ) hydroxylating intermediate, oxidation of the BH cofactor and hydroxylation of phenylalanine can be decoupled, resulting in unproductive consumption of BH4 and formation of H2O2. When productive, though, the Fe ( IV ) = O intermediate is added to phenylalanine in an electrophilic aromatic substitution reaction that reduces iron from the ferryl to the ferrous state. Although initially an arene oxide or radical intermediate was proposed, analyses of the related tryptophan and tyrosine hydroxylases have suggested that the reaction instead proceeds through a cationic intermediate that requires Fe ( IV ) = O to be coordinated to a water ligand rather than a hydroxo group. This cationic intermediate subsequently undergoes a 1, 2 - hydride NIH shift, yielding a dienone intermediate that then tautomerizes to form the tyrosine product. The pterin cofactor is regenerated by hydration of the carbinolamine product of PAH to quinonoid dihydrobiopterin ( qBH ), which is then reduced to BH. Enzyme regulation PAH is proposed to use the morpheein model of allosteric regulation. Mammalian PAH exists in an equilibrium consisting of tetramers of two distinct architectures, with one or more dimeric forms as part of the equilibrium. This behavior is consistent with a dissociative allosteric mechanism. Many studies suggest that mammalian PAH shows behavior comparable to porphobilinogen synthase ( PBGS ), wherein a variety of factors such as pH and ligand binding are reported to affect enzyme activity and protein stability. Structure The PAH monomer ( 51.9 kDa ) consists of three distinct domains : a regulatory N - terminal domain ( residues 1 - 117 ), the catalytic domain ( residues 118 - 427 ), and a C - terminal domain ( residues 428 - 453 ) responsible for oligomerization of identical monomers. Extensive crystallographic analysis has been performed, especially on the pterin - and iron - coordinated catalytic domain to examine the active site. The structure of the N - terminal regulatory domain has also been determined, and together with the solved structure of the homologous tyrosine hydroxylase C - terminal tetramerization domain, a structural model of tetrameric PAH has been proposed. Model of the active site of PAH bound to BH4, ferrous, and a phenylalanine analogue. ( from PDB 1KW0 ) Phenylalanine analogue, BH4, iron, Fe ( II ) - coordinated His and Glu residues Catalytic domain Solved crystal structures of the catalytic domain indicate that the active site consists of an open and spacious pocket lined primarily by hydrophobic residues, though three glutamic acid residues, two histidines, and a tyrosine are also present and iron - binding. Contradictory evidence exists about the coordination state of the ferrous atom and its proximity to BH4 within the active site. According to crystallographic analysis, Fe ( II ) is coordinated by water, His285, His290, and Glu330 ( a 2 - his - 1 - carboxylate facial triad arrangement ) with octahedral geometry. Inclusion of a Phe analogue in the crystal structure changes both iron from a six - to a five - coordinated state involving a single water molecule and bidentate coordination to Glu330 and opening a site for oxygen to bind. BH4 is concommitantly shifted toward the iron atom, although the pterin cofactor remains in the second coordination sphere. On the other hand, a competing model based on NMR and molecular modeling analyses suggests that all coordinated water molecules are forced out of the active site during the catalytic cycle while BH4 becomes directly coordinated to iron. As discussed above, resolving this discrepancy will be important for determining the exact mechanism of PAH catalysis. N - terminal regulatory domain The regulatory nature of the N - terminal domain ( residues 1 - 117 ) is conferred by its structural flexibility. Hydrogen / deuterium exchanges analysis indicates that allosteric binding of Phe globally alters the conformation of PAH such that the active site is less occluded as the interface between the regulatory and catalytic domains is increasingly exposed to solvent. This observation is consistent with kinetic studies, which show an initially low rate of tyrosine formation for full - length PAH. This lag time is not observed, however, for a truncated PAH lacking the N - terminal domain or if the full - length enzyme is pre-incubated with Phe. Deletion of the N - terminal domain also eliminates the lag time while increasing the affinity for Phe by nearly two-fold ; no difference is observed in the V or K for the tetrahydrobiopterin cofactor. Additional regulation is provided by Ser16 ; phosphorylation of this residue does not alter enzyme conformation but does reduce the concentration of Phe required for allosteric activation. This N - terminal regulatory domain is not observed in bacterial PAHs but shows considerable structural homology to the regulatory domain of phosphogylcerate dehydrogenase, an enzyme in the serine biosynthetic pathway. Tetramerization domain Prokaryotic PAH is monomeric, whereas eukaryotic PAH exists in an equilibrium between homotetrameric and homodimeric forms. The dimerization interface is composed of symmetry - related loops that link identical monomers, while the overlapping C - terminal tetramerization domain mediates the association of conformationally distinct dimers that are characterized by a different relative orientation of the catalytic and tetramerization domains ( Flatmark, Erlandsen ). The resulting distortion of the tetramer symmetry is evident in the differential surface area of the dimerization interfaces and distinguishes PAH from the tetramerically symmetrical tyrosine hydroxylase. A domain - swapping mechanism has been proposed to mediate formation of the tetramer from dimers, in which C - terminal alpha - helixes mutually alter their conformation around a flexible C - terminal five - residue hinge region to form a coiled - coil structure, shifting equilibrium toward the tetrameric form. Although both the homodimeric and homotetrameric forms of PAH are catalytically active, the two exhibit differential kinetics and regulation. In addition to reduced catalytic efficiency, the dimer does not display positive cooperativity toward L - Phe ( which at high concentrations activates the enzyme ), suggesting that L - Phe allosterically regulates PAH by influencing dimer - dimer interaction. Biological function PAH is a critical enzyme in phenylalanine metabolism and catalyzes the rate - limiting step in its complete catabolism to carbon dioxide and water. Regulation of flux through phenylalanine - associated pathways is critical in mammalian metabolism, as evidenced by the toxicity of high plasma levels of this amino acid observed in phenylketonuria ( see below ). The principal source of phenylalanine is ingested proteins, but relatively little of this pool is used for protein synthesis. Instead, the majority of ingested phenylalanine is catabolized through PAH to form tyrosine ; addition of the hydroxyl group allows for the benzene ring to be broken in subsequent catabolic steps. Transamination to phenylpyruvate, whose metabolites are excreted in the urine, represents another pathway of phenylalanine turnover, but catabolism through PAH predominates. In humans, this enzyme is expressed both in the liver and the kidney, and there is some indication that it may be differentially regulated in these tissues. PAH is unusual among the aromatic amino acid hydroxylases for its involvement in catabolism ; tyrosine and tryptophan hydroxylases, on the other hand, are primarily expressed in the central nervous system and catalyze rate - limiting steps in neurotransmitter / hormone biosynthesis. Disease relevance Deficiency in PAH activity due to mutations in the PAH gene causes hyperphenylalaninemia ( HPA ), and when blood phenylalanine levels increase above 20 times the normal concentration, the metabolic disease phenylketonuria ( PKU ) results. PKU is both genotypically and phenotypically heterogeneous : Over 300 distinct pathological mutants have been identified, the majority of which correspond to missense mutations that map to the catalytic domain. When a cohort of identified PAH mutants were expressed in recombinant systems, the enzymes displayed altered kinetic behavior and / or reduced stability, consistent with structural mapping of these mutations to both the catalytic and tetramerization domains of the enzyme. BH4 has been administered as a pharmacological treatment and has been shown to reduce blood levels of phenylalanine for a segment of PKU patients whose genotypes lead to some residual PAH activity but have no defect in BH4 synthesis or regeneration. Follow - up studies suggest that in the case of certain PAH mutants, excess BH4 acts as a pharmacological chaperone to stabilize mutant enzymes with disrupted tetramer assembly and increased sensitivity to proteolytic cleavage and aggregation. Mutations that have been identified in the PAH locus are documented at the Phenylalanine Hydroxylase Locus Knowledgbase ( PAHdb, http://www.pahdb.mcgill.ca/ ). Since phenylketonuria can cause irreversible damage, it is imperative that deficiencies in the Phenylalanine Hydroxylase are determined early on in development. One method is a post-parturition screening test known as the Guthrie Test. The common method is via drawing blood from a small needle prick at the heel of the newborn and testing it for phenylketonurea, indicative of a PH deficiency. Placing the individual on a low phenylalanine, high tyrosine diet can help prevent any long - term damage to their development. Related enzymes See also : Biopterin - dependent aromatic amino acid hydroxylase Phenylalanine hydroxylase is closely related to two other enzymes : tryptophan hydroxylase ( EC number 1.14. 16.4 ), which controls levels of serotonin in the brain and the gastrointestinal tract tyrosine hydroxylase ( EC number 1.14. 16.2 ), which controls levels of dopamine, epinephrine, and norepinephrine in the brain and the adrenal medulla. 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External links GeneReviews / NCBI / NIH / UW entry on Phenylalanine Hydroxylase Deficiency Locus - specific database of the human phenylalanine hydroxylase gene variants Molecule of the Month : Phenylalanine Hydroxylase PDB gallery 1dmw : CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF DOUBLE TRUNCATED HUMAN PHENYLALANINE HYDROXYLASE WITH BOUND 7, 8 - DIHYDRO - L - BIOPTERIN 1j8t : Catalytic Domain of Human Phenylalanine Hydroxylase Fe ( II ) 1j8u : Catalytic Domain of Human Phenylalanine Hydroxylase Fe ( II ) in Complex with Tetrahydrobiopterin 1kw0 : Catalytic Domain of Human Phenylalanine Hydroxylase ( Fe ( II ) ) in Complex with Tetrahydrobiopterin and Thienylalanine 1lrm : Crystal structure of binary complex of the catalytic domain of human phenylalanine hydroxylase with dihydrobiopterin ( BH2 ) 1mmk : Crystal structure of ternary complex of the catalytic domain of human phenylalanine hydroxylase ( ( FeII ) ) complexed with tetrahydrobiopterin and thienylalanine 1mmt : Crystal structure of ternary complex of the catalytic domain of human phenylalanine hydroxylase ( Fe ( II ) ) complexed with tetrahydrobiopterin and norleucine 1pah : HUMAN PHENYLALANINE HYDROXYLASE DIMER, RESIDUES 117 - 424 1phz : STRUCTURE OF PHOSPHORYLATED PHENYLALANINE HYDROXYLASE 1tdw : Crystal structure of double truncated human phenylalanine hydroxylase BH4 - responsive PKU mutant A313T. 1tg2 : Crystal structure of phenylalanine hydroxylase A313T mutant with 7, 8 - dihydrobiopterin bound 2pah : TETRAMERIC HUMAN PHENYLALANINE HYDROXYLASE 2phm : STRUCTURE OF PHENYLALANINE HYDROXYLASE DEPHOSPHORYLATED 3pah : HUMAN PHENYLALANINE HYDROXYLASE CATALYTIC DOMAIN DIMER WITH BOUND ADRENALINE INHIBITOR 4pah : HUMAN PHENYLALANINE HYDROXYLASE CATALYTIC DOMAIN DIMER WITH BOUND NOR - ADRENALINE INHIBITOR 5pah : HUMAN PHENYLALANINE HYDROXYLASE CATALYTIC DOMAIN DIMER WITH BOUND DOPAMINE INHIBITOR 6pah : HUMAN PHENYLALANINE HYDROXYLASE CATALYTIC DOMAIN DIMER WITH BOUND L - DOPA ( 3, 4 - DIHYDROXYPHENYLALANINE ) INHIBITOR Metabolism : Protein metabolism, synthesis and catabolism enzymes Essential amino acids are in Capitals K → acetyl - CoA LYSINE → Saccharopine dehydrogenase Glutaryl - CoA dehydrogenase LEUCINE → Branched - chain amino acid aminotransferase Branched - chain alpha - keto acid dehydrogenase complex Isovaleryl coenzyme A dehydrogenase Methylcrotonyl - CoA carboxylase Methylglutaconyl - CoA hydratase 3 - hydroxy - 3 - methylglutaryl - CoA lyase TRYPTOPHAN → Indoleamine 2, 3 - dioxygenase / Tryptophan 2, 3 - dioxygenase Arylformamidase Kynureninase 3 - hydroxyanthranilate oxidase Aminocarboxymuconate - semialdehyde decarboxylase Aminomuconate - semialdehyde dehydrogenase PHENYLALANINE → tyrosine → ( see below ) G → pyruvate → citrate glycine → serine → Serine hydroxymethyltransferase Serine dehydratase glycine → creatine : Guanidinoacetate N - methyltransferase Creatine kinase alanine → Alanine transaminase cysteine → D - cysteine desulfhydrase threonine → L - threonine dehydrogenase G → glutamate → α - ketoglutarate HISTIDINE → Histidine ammonia - lyase Urocanate hydratase Formiminotransferase cyclodeaminase proline → Proline oxidase Pyrroline - 5 - carboxylate reductase 1 - Pyrroline - 5 - carboxylate dehydrogenase / ALDH4A1 PYCR1 arginine → Ornithine aminotransferase Ornithine decarboxylase Agmatinase → alpha - ketoglutarate → TCA Glutamate dehydrogenase Other cysteine + glutamate → glutathione : Gamma - glutamylcysteine synthetase Glutathione synthetase Gamma - glutamyl transpeptidase glutamate → glutamine : Glutamine synthetase Glutaminase G → propionyl - CoA → succinyl - CoA VALINE → Branched - chain amino acid aminotransferase Branched - chain alpha - keto acid dehydrogenase complex Enoyl - CoA hydratase 3 - hydroxyisobutyryl - CoA hydrolase 3 - hydroxyisobutyrate dehydrogenase Methylmalonate semialdehyde dehydrogenase ISOLEUCINE → Branched - chain amino acid aminotransferase Branched - chain alpha - keto acid dehydrogenase complex 3 - hydroxy - 2 - methylbutyryl - CoA dehydrogenase METHIONINE → generation of homocysteine : Methionine adenosyltransferase Adenosylhomocysteinase regeneration of methionine : Methionine synthase / Homocysteine methyltransferase Betaine - homocysteine methyltransferase conversion to cysteine : Cystathionine beta synthase Cystathionine gamma - lyase THREONINE → Threonine aldolase → succinyl - CoA → TCA Propionyl - CoA carboxylase Methylmalonyl CoA epimerase Methylmalonyl - CoA mutase G → fumarate PHENYLALANINE → tyrosine → Phenylalanine hydroxylase Tyrosine aminotransferase 4 - Hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase Homogentisate 1, 2 - dioxygenase Fumarylacetoacetate hydrolase tyrosine → melanin : Tyrosinase G → oxaloacetate asparagine → aspartate → Asparaginase / Asparagine synthetase Aspartate transaminase Oxidoreductases : dioxygenases, including steroid hydroxylases ( EC 1.14 ) 1.14. 11 : 2 - oxoglutarate Prolyl hydroxylase Lysyl hydroxylase 1.14. 13 : NADH or NADPH Flavin - containing monooxygenase FMO1 FMO2 FMO3 FMO4 FMO5 Nitric oxide synthase NOS1 NOS2 NOS3 Cholesterol 7 alpha - hydroxylase Methane monooxygenase 3A4 Lanosterol 14 alpha - demethylase 24 - hydroxycholesterol 7α - hydroxylase 1.14. 14 : reduced flavin or flavoprotein 19A1 2D6 2E1 1.14. 15 : reduced iron - sulfur protein 11B1 11B2 11A1 1.14. 16 : reduced pteridine ( BH4 dependent ) Phenylalanine hydroxylase Tyrosine hydroxylase Tryptophan hydroxylase 1.14. 17 : reduced ascorbate Dopamine beta - hydroxylase 1.14. 18 - 19 : other Tyrosinase Stearoyl - CoA desaturase - 1 1.14. 99 - miscellaneous Cyclooxygenase Heme oxygenase ( HMOX1 ) Squalene monooxygenase 17A1 21A2 Enzymes Activity Active site Binding site Catalytic triad Oxyanion hole Enzyme promiscuity Catalytically perfect enzyme Coenzyme Cofactor Enzyme catalysis Regulation Allosteric regulation Cooperativity Enzyme inhibitor Enzyme activator Classification EC number Enzyme superfamily Enzyme family List of enzymes Kinetics Enzyme kinetics Eadie -- Hofstee diagram Hanes -- Woolf plot Lineweaver -- Burk plot Michaelis -- Menten kinetics Types EC1 Oxidoreductases ( list ) EC2 Transferases ( list ) EC3 Hydrolases ( list ) EC4 Lyases ( list ) EC5 Isomerases ( list ) EC6 Ligases ( list ) Monoamine metabolism modulators Non-specific AAAD Substrates → Products : L - DOPA ( levodopa ) → Dopamine 5 - HTP → Serotonin L - Histidine → Histamine Phenylalanine → Phenethylamine L - Tyrosine → Tyramine Tryptophan → Tryptamine Inhibitors : Benserazide Carbidopa DFMD Genistein Methyldopa MAO Substrates → Products ( with ALDH / ALR ) : Epinephrine ( adrenaline ) → DHMA Metanephrine → MHPG / VMA Norepinephrine ( noradrenaline ) → DHMA Normetanephrine → MHPG / VMA Dopamine → DOPAC 3 - Methoxytyramine → HVA Serotonin → 5 - HIAA Inhibitors : Non-selective : Benmoxin Caroxazone Echinopsidine Furazolidone Guineesine Hydralazine Indantadol Iproclozide Iproniazid Isocarboxazid Isoniazid Linezolid Mebanazine Metfendrazine Nialamide Octamoxin Paraxazone Phenelzine Pheniprazine Phenoxypropazine Pivhydrazine Procarbazine Safrazine Tranylcypromine Inhibitors : MAO - A-selective : Amiflamine Bazinaprine Befloxatone Brofaromine Cimoxatone Clorgiline CX157 ( Tyrima ) Eprobemide Esuprone Harmala alkaloids ( e.g., harmine, harmaline, harman, norharman, tetrahydroharmine ) Methylene blue Metralindole Minaprine Moclobemide Pirlindole Sercloremine Tetrindole Toloxatone Inhibitors : MAO - B selective : Adarigiline Almoxatone D - Deprenyl Ethanol Ladostigil Lazabemide Milacemide Mofegiline Nicotine Pargyline Rasagiline Safinamide Selegiline ( L - Deprenyl ) Sembragiline Phenethylamines ( dopamine, epinephrine, norepinephrine ) PAH Substrates → Products : Phenylalanine → Tyrosine Inhibitors : 3, 4 - Dihydroxystyrene TH Substrates → Products : Tyrosine → L - DOPA ( levodopa ) Inhibitors : 2 - Hydroxyestradiol 2 - Hydroxyestrone 3 - Iodotyrosine Aquayamycin Bulbocapnine Metirosine Oudenone DBH Substrates → Products : Dopamine → Norepinephrine ( Noradrenaline ) Inhibitors : Bupicomide Disulfiram Dopastin Fusaric acid Nepicastat Phenopicolinic acid Tropolone PNMT Substrates → Products : Norepinephrine ( noradrenaline ) → Epinephrine ( adrenaline ) Inhibitors : CGS - 19281A SKF - 64139 SKF - 7698 COMT Substrates → Products : Dopamine → 3 - Methoxytyramine DOPAC → Homovanillic acid Norepinephrine → Normetanephrine Epinephrine → Metanephrine DOPEG → MOPEG DOMA → VMA 2 - Hydroxyestradiol → 2 - Methoxyestradiol 2 - Hydroxyestrone → 2 - Methoxyestrone 4 - Hydroxyestradiol → 4 - Methoxyestradiol 4 - Hydroxyestrone → 4 - Methoxyestrone Inhibitors : 2 - Hydroxyestradiol 2 - Hydroxyestrone Entacapone Nitecapone Opicapone Tolcapone Tryptamines ( serotonin, melatonin ) TPH Substrates → Products : Tryptophan → 5 - HTP Inhibitors : AGN - 2979 Fenclonine ( PCPA ) Telotristat ethyl AANAT Substrates → Products : Serotonin → N - Acetylserotonin ASMT Substrates → Products : N - Acetylserotonin → Melatonin Histamine HDC Substrates → Products : L - Histidine → Histamine Inhibitors : Catechin Alpha - Fluoromethylhistidine Histidine methyl ester Meciadanol Naringenin Tritoqualine HNMT Substrates → Products : Histamine → N - Methylhistamine Inhibitors : Amodiaquine Diphenhydramine Harmaline Metoprine Quinacrine SKF - 91488 Tacrine DAO Substrates → Products : Histamine → Imidazole acetic acid Inhibitors : Pimagedine ( aminoguanidine ) See also : Receptor / signaling modulators Adrenergics Dopaminergics Melatonergics Serotonergics Monoamine reuptake inhibitors Monoamine releasing agents Monoamine neurotoxins Molecular and Cellular Biology portal Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Phenylalanine_hydroxylase&oldid=825645027 '' Categories : Genes on human chromosome 12 EC 1.14. 16 Hidden categories : Use dmy dates from May 2011 Talk Contents About Wikipedia Deutsch Español فارسی Français Italiano 日本 語 Polski Português Српски / srpski Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски Svenska Українська 中文 5 more Edit links This page was last edited on 14 February 2018, at 15 : 38. 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Question: where is phenylalanine hydroxylase found in the body
Answer: In humans, this enzyme is expressed both in the liver and the kidney