Affiliation:
1. Institut für Medizinische Chemie und Biochemie, Universität Innsbruck, Fritz-Pregl-Str.3, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria, and Institut für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Universität Graz, Universitätsplatz 2, A-8010 Graz, Austria
Abstract
We synthesized [3′-3H]-5,6,7,8-tetrahydrobiopterin from [8,5′-3H]guanosine 5′-triphosphate ([8,5′-3H]GTP) using GTP cyclohydrolase (EC 3.5.4.16), 6-pyruvoyltetrahydropterin synthase and sepiapterin reductase (EC 1.1.1.153). After purification by cation-exchange h.p.l.c. a solution of radiochemically pure (> 95%) [3′-3H]-5,6,7,8-tetrahydrobiopterin with a specific activity of 9.2 Ci/mmol was obtained. The product proved well suited for studying the binding of tetrahydrobiopterin to nitric-oxide synthase.
Subject
Cell Biology,Molecular Biology,Biochemistry
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