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Pteridines

Known as: Pteridines [Chemical/Ingredient], Pyrazinopyrimidines, pteridine 
Compounds based on pyrazino[2,3-d]pyrimidine which is a pyrimidine fused to a pyrazine, containing four NITROGEN atoms.
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2'-deoxysepialumazine2,4-diamino-6,7-dimethylpteridine2,4-diamino-6-pteridinecarboxaldehyde2,4-diaminopteridine

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Heterocyclic Compounds, 2-Ringnitrogenous heterocyclic compound
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1999
1999
Molybdenum−Pterin Chemistry. 2. Reinvestigation of Molybdenum(IV) Coordination by Flavin Gives Evidence for Partial Pteridine Reduction
The coordination of alloxazine and pterins to molybdenum(IV) is demonstrated in this study. The synthesis of MoOCl3(pteridineH… 
1989
1989
Age determination in the adult screwworm (Diptera: Calliphoridae) by pteridine levels.
Fluorescence spectrophotometry was used to assess the possible use of pteridines in the compound eyes to estimate the age of… 
1987
1987
In vitro system for molybdopterin biosynthesis
A high-Mr fraction present in chl+ and chlA1 strains of Escherichia coli synthesizes molybdopterin (MPT) from the low-Mr fraction… 
1982
1982
Blood Levels of a Pteridine-binding α1-Acid Glycoprotein in Cancer Patients
A variant of α1-acid glycoprotein was found previously in blood of malignant cases. It had been characterized as a pteridine… 
1982
1982
Dehydrogenation Mechanism in Flavoprotein Catalysis
The term "dehydrogenation" was originally used to describe a chemicalprocess involving the abstraction of molecular hydrogen from… 
1980
1980
Pteridines as nonretinal regulators of light-dependent melatonin biosynthesis.
6-Formylpterin was purified by paper chromatography, and bovine pineal hydroxyindole-O-methyltransferase (S-adenosyl-L-methionine… 
1977
1977
Pteridines. 41. Synthesis and dihydrofolate reductase inhibitory activity of some cycloalka[g]pteridines.
A number of homologous 2,4-diaminocycloalka[g]pteridines varying in ring size from 5 to 15 were prepared by (a) condensation of… 
1974
1974
Identification of D-erythro-dihydroneopterin triphosphate, the first product of pteridine biosynthesis in Comamonas sp. (ATCC 11299a).
Abstract GTP cyclohydrolase, purified from extracts of Comamonas sp., was shown to convert GTP to formic acid and a single… 
1967
1967
The biosynthesis of folic acid. VII. Enzymatic synthesis of pteridines from guanosine triphosphate.
Abstract Enzyme preparations from Escherichia coli catalyze the conversion of various species of 2-amino-4-hydroxy-6… 
Highly Cited
1961
Highly Cited
1961
The Biosynthesis of Folic Acid I. SUBSTRATE AND COFACTOR REQUIREMENTS FOR ENZYMATIC SYNTHESIS BY CELL-FREE EXTRACTS OF ESCHERICHIA COLI
The formation of folic acid compounds from pteridines and p-aminobenzoic acid by whole bacterial cells has been studied by Korte…