Genetics of phenylketonuria: then and now

N Blau - Human mutation, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
More than 950 phenylalanine hydroxylase (PAH) gene variants have been identified in
people with phenylketonuria (PKU). These vary in their consequences for the residual level …

The aromatic amino acid hydroxylases: Structures, catalysis, and regulation of phenylalanine hydroxylase, tyrosine hydroxylase, and tryptophan hydroxylase

PF Fitzpatrick - Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics, 2023 - Elsevier
The aromatic amino acid hydroxylases phenylalanine hydroxylase, tyrosine hydroxylase,
and tryptophan hydroxylase are non-heme iron enzymes that catalyze key physiological …

Structural mechanism for tyrosine hydroxylase inhibition by dopamine and reactivation by Ser40 phosphorylation

MT Bueno-Carrasco, J Cuéllar, MI Flydal… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) catalyzes the rate-limiting step in the biosynthesis of dopamine
(DA) and other catecholamines, and its dysfunction leads to DA deficiency and …

Domain movements upon activation of phenylalanine hydroxylase characterized by crystallography and chromatography-coupled small-angle X-ray scattering

SP Meisburger, AB Taylor, CA Khan… - Journal of the …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Mammalian phenylalanine hydroxylase (PheH) is an allosteric enzyme that catalyzes the
first step in the catabolism of the amino acid phenylalanine. Following allosteric activation by …

X-ray scattering studies of protein structural dynamics

SP Meisburger, WC Thomas, MB Watkins… - Chemical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
X-ray scattering is uniquely suited to the study of disordered systems and thus has the
potential to provide insight into dynamic processes where diffraction methods fail. In …

Second-generation pharmacological chaperones: beyond inhibitors

ML Tran, Y Génisson, S Ballereau, C Dehoux - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Protein misfolding induced by missense mutations is the source of hundreds of
conformational diseases. The cell quality control may eliminate nascent misfolded proteins …

Structure of full-length human phenylalanine hydroxylase in complex with tetrahydrobiopterin

MI Flydal, M Alcorlo-Pagés… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
Phenylalanine hydroxylase (PAH) is a key enzyme in the catabolism of phenylalanine, and
mutations in this enzyme cause phenylketonuria (PKU), a genetic disorder that leads to …

Toward mechanistic models for genotype–phenotype correlations in phenylketonuria using protein stability calculations

R Scheller, A Stein, SV Nielsen, FI Marin… - Human …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Phenylketonuria (PKU) is a genetic disorder caused by variants in the gene encoding
phenylalanine hydroxylase (PAH), resulting in accumulation of phenylalanine to neurotoxic …

Mouse models for inherited monoamine neurotransmitter disorders

B Thöny, J Ng, MA Kurian, P Mills… - Journal of Inherited …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Several mouse models have been developed to study human defects of primary and
secondary inherited monoamine neurotransmitter disorders (iMND). As the field continues to …

Structural basis for ligand-dependent dimerization of phenylalanine hydroxylase regulatory domain

D Patel, J Kopec, F Fitzpatrick, TJ McCorvie… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
The multi-domain enzyme phenylalanine hydroxylase (PAH) catalyzes the hydroxylation of
dietary I-phenylalanine (Phe) to I-tyrosine. Inherited mutations that result in PAH enzyme …