"Dopa Decarboxylase" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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One of the AROMATIC-L-AMINO-ACID DECARBOXYLASES, this enzyme is responsible for the conversion of DOPA to DOPAMINE. It is of clinical importance in the treatment of Parkinson's disease.
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D004296
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D08.811.520.224.125.100.500
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Dopa Decarboxylase" by people in Profiles.
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Intronic variants in the dopa decarboxylase (DDC) gene are associated with smoking behavior in European-Americans and African-Americans. Hum Mol Genet. 2006 Jul 15; 15(14):2192-9.
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The Fourier transforms of the laser-induced absorption decay from glycogen phosphorylase and DOPA decarboxylase. Biophys Chem. 1988 Sep; 31(3):259-67.
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Biochemistry of catecholamines. Annu Rev Biochem. 1971; 40:465-500.