Territorial Availability: Available through Bertin Technologies only in France
- Synonyms
- 2-amino-3,4-dihydro-4-oxo-6-pteridinecarboxaldehyde
- Correlated keywords
- 23663-21-0 inhibitors oxidative stress intracellular generators hydrogens peroxides xanthine oxidase XO oxygen species H2O2 formylpterin formyl pterin formul-pterin photolytic folic acids binds binding binder hetero-substrate heterosubstrate hetero substrate inhibits inhibitions 6-carboxylpterin carboxylpterin carboxyl pterin generator cellular
- Product Overview:
Xanthine oxidase (XO) generates reactive oxygen species, including hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), as it oxidizes specific substrates in the presence of water and oxygen.{15324} 6-Formylpterin is an oxidized pterin produced by photolytic breakdown of folic acid.{24043} It binds to one of two active sites on XO nearly quantitatively and irreversibly and prevents the metabolism of other substrates at the second site, resulting in “hetero-substrate” inhibition at nanomolar concentrations.{24043,24041} However, 6-formylpterin itself is converted by XO to 6-carboxylpterin and H2O2 and the turnover rate of this reaction can actually be accelerated by prior binding of a hetero-substrate to XO.{24041} In this way, 6-formylpterin acts as an intracellular generator of H2O2 in cells expressing XO, altering cellular function.{24042,24039}
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