ID 1.14.16.4 DE Tryptophan 5-monooxygenase. AN Indoleacetic acid-5-hydroxylase. AN L-tryptophan hydroxylase. AN Tryptophan 5-hydroxylase. AN Tryptophan hydroxylase. CA L-tryptophan + tetrahydrobiopterin + O(2) = 5-hydroxy-L-tryptophan + CA 4a-hydroxytetrahydrobiopterin. CF Iron. CC -!- Activated by phosphorylation, catalyzed by a Ca(2+)-activated protein CC kinase. CC -!- The 4a-hydroxytetrahydrobiopterin formed can dehydrate to 6,7- CC dihydrobiopterin, both spontaneously and by the action of CC EC 4.2.1.96. CC -!- The 6,7-dihydrobiopterin can be enzymically reduced back to CC tetrahydrobiopterin, by EC 1.5.1.34, or slowly rearranges into the CC more stable compound 7,8-dihydrobiopterin. PR PROSITE; PDOC00316; DR Q54XS1, PH4H_DICDI ; P17276, PH4H_DROME ; P70080, TPH1_CHICK ; DR P17752, TPH1_HUMAN ; P17532, TPH1_MOUSE ; P17290, TPH1_RABIT ; DR P09810, TPH1_RAT ; Q0EAB8, TPH2_HORSE ; Q8IWU9, TPH2_HUMAN ; DR Q2HZ26, TPH2_MACMU ; Q8CGV2, TPH2_MOUSE ; Q8CGU9, TPH2_RAT ; DR Q92142, TPH_XENLA ; //