• Cuticle integrity and biogenic amine synthesis in Caenorhabditis elegans require the cofactor tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4) 

      Loer, Curtis M.; Calvo, Ana C; Watschinger, Katrin; Werner-Felmayer, Gabriele; O'Rourke, Delia; Stroud, Dave; Tong, Amy; Gotenstein, Jennifer R.; Chisholm, Andrew D.; Hodgkin, Jonathan; Werner, Ernst R.; Martinez, Aurora (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-03-24)
      Tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4) is the natural cofactor of several enzymes widely distributed among eukaryotes, including aromatic amino acid hydroxylases (AAAHs), nitric oxide synthases (NOSs), and alkylglycerol monooxygenase ...
    • Tyrosine and tryptophan hydroxylases as therapeutic targets in human disease 

      Waløen, Kai; Kleppe, Rune; Martinez, Aurora; Haavik, Jan (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017)
      Introduction: The ancient and ubiquitous monoamine signalling molecules serotonin, dopamine, norepinephrine, and epinephrine are involved in multiple physiological functions. The aromatic amino acid hydroxylases tyrosine ...
    • Tyrosinemia Type 1 and symptoms of ADHD: Biochemical mechanisms and implications for treatment and prognosis 

      Barone, Helene; Bliksrud, Yngve Thomas; Elgen, Irene Bircow; Szigetvari, Peter Daniel; Kleppe, Rune; Ghorbani, Sadaf; Hansen, Eirik Vangsøy; Haavik, Jan (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Hereditary tyrosinemia Type 1 (HT‐1) is a rare metabolic disease where the enzyme catalyzing the final step of tyrosine breakdown is defect, leading to accumulation of toxic metabolites. Nitisinone inhibits the degradation ...