Uses
6, 7-dimethyl-5,6,7, 8-Tetrahydropterin hydrochloride is a synthetic analogue of tetrahydro-L-bioterin and is used as a cofactor required for the NOS isoforms, phenylalanine, tyrosine and tryptophan hydroxylases, and other enzymes[1][2].
Biochem/physiol Actions
Synthetic reduced pterin cofactor for nitric oxide synthetase, and for phenylalanine, tyrosine, and tryptophan hydroxylases; less active than the natural cofactor, tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4).
References
[1] Mayer B, et al. In search of a function for tetrahydrobiopterin in the biosynthesis of nitric oxide. Naunyn Schmiedebergs Arch Pharmacol. 1995 May;351(5):453-63. DOI:
10.1007/BF00171035[2] Suckling CJ, et al. 6-Acetyl-7,7-dimethyl-5,6,7,8-tetrahydropterin is an activator of nitric oxide synthases. Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2008 Mar 1;18(5):1563-6. DOI:
10.1016/j.bmcl.2008.01.079