"Tyrosine Decarboxylase" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A pyridoxal-phosphate protein that catalyzes the conversion of L-tyrosine to tyramine and carbon dioxide. The bacterial enzyme also acts on 3-hydroxytyrosine and, more slowly, on 3-hydroxyphenylalanine. (From Enzyme Nomenclature, 1992) EC 4.1.1.25.
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D014445
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D08.811.520.224.125.875
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Tyrosine Decarboxylase" by people in Profiles.
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Ma Z, Stork T, Bergles DE, Freeman MR. Neuromodulators signal through astrocytes to alter neural circuit activity and behaviour. Nature. 2016 11 17; 539(7629):428-432.
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Homberg U, Seyfarth J, Binkle U, Monastirioti M, Alkema MJ. Identification of distinct tyraminergic and octopaminergic neurons innervating the central complex of the desert locust, Schistocerca gregaria. J Comp Neurol. 2013 Jun 15; 521(9):2025-41.
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Alkema MJ, Hunter-Ensor M, Ringstad N, Horvitz HR. Tyramine Functions independently of octopamine in the Caenorhabditis elegans nervous system. Neuron. 2005 Apr 21; 46(2):247-60.