Phenylalanine hydroxylase activity in hyperphenyl-alaninemia and classical phenylketonuria
Grimm, U.; Knapp, A.; Tischer, W.; Schlenzka, K.
Acta Biologica et Medica Germanica 28(3): 549-552
1972
ISSN/ISBN: 0001-5318 PMID: 5049643 Document Number: 51103
In a child with hyperphenylalaninaemia activity of phenylalanine hydroxylase in liver homogenate increased 5-fold when cofactor, 2-amino-4-hydroxy-6,7-dimethyl-5,6,7,8-tetrahydropterin, was added. In 6 children with classical phenylketonuria values fell. In healthy persons values increased 35-fold when cofactor was added (Grimm et al., Acta Biologica et Medica Germanica (1971) 27, 443).