4-hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase
BE0000455ProteinHumansHPD
Catalyzes the conversion of 4-hydroxyphenylpyruvic acid to homogentisic acid, one of the steps in tyrosine catabolism (PubMed:10942115, PubMed:1339442, PubMed:34047349, PubMed:37794595). It is acted on by 4 drugs in DrugBank.
- Gene name
- HPD
- UniProtKB entry
- P32754Swiss-Prot
- Cellular location
- Cytoplasm
- Residues / weight
- 393 residues · 44,964 Da
- Also known as
- 1.13.11.27 · 4-hydroxyphenylpyruvic acid oxidase · 4HPPD · HPD · HPPDase
Resolves to
Pharmacology
Drugs
What you can answer from here — as of September 07, 2019
Which approved drugs act on 4-hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase, how selective are they, and which programs against it are still in active trials?
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