tyrosine 3-monooxygenase activity
Catalysis of the reaction: L-tyrosine + tetrahydrobiopterin + O2 = 3,4-dihydroxy-L-phenylalanine + 4-alpha-hydroxytetrahydrobiopterin + H2O.
GO:0016714
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
is_a
L-tyrosine hydroxylase activity
related
L-tyrosine,tetrahydrobiopterin:oxygen oxidoreductase (3-hydroxylating)
related
tyrosine 3-hydroxylase activity
exact
tyrosine hydroxylase activity
exact