Not exact matches
TH or
tyrosine hydroxylase is an
enzyme in the dopamine synthesis.
Drosophila
tyrosine hydroxylase (DTH) is the rate limiting
enzyme for DA biosynthesis.
He went on to medical, and graduate neuroscience training at Harvard Medical School to write his PhD thesis on the neurochemistry of
tyrosine hydroxylase, the
enzyme controlling dopamine biosynthesis.
Koch discusses the
enzyme deficiency: «Phenylketonuria (PKU) is caused by an autosomal recessive defect in the
enzyme phenylalanine
hydroxylase, which is required for converting phenylalanine to
tyrosine.
[1] For those with phenylketonuria, however, a severe deficiency in the
enzyme phenylalanine
hydroxylase prevents conversion of phenylalanine to
tyrosine, making
tyrosine an essential amino acid for this population.