dihydrobiopterin metabolic process
The chemical reactions and pathways involving a dihydrobiopterin, a reduced pteridine derivative related to folic acid; it acts as an electron carrier in tyrosine biosynthesis and its quinoid form is produced by oxidation of tetrahydrobiopterin in several biological hydroxylation reactions.
GO:0042558
pteridine-containing compound metabolic process
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6,7-dihydrobiopterin metabolic process
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7,8-dihydrobiopterin metabolic process
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dihydrobiopterin reduction
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dihydropterin metabolic process
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dihydropterin metabolism
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