drosopterin

Sexually selected colors in animals can be created by multiple pigments (e.g., carotenoids, melanins, pterins), but how these… (More)

Phenylalanine hydroxylase is assumed to be a key enzyme in drosopterin metabolism, but direct in vivo evidence to support this… (More)

Trinidad guppies (Poecilia reticulata) are distributed along an environmental gradient in carotenoid availability that limits the… (More)

Mammalian lysyl oxidase (LOX) is essential for the catalysis of lysyl-derived cross-links in fibrillar collagens and elastin in… (More)

Carotenoid-based sexual coloration is the classic example of an honest signal of mate quality. Animals cannot synthesize… (More)

The structure of an intermediate, in drosopterin biosynthesis, as 6-acetylpyrimidodiazepine has been confirmed by high-resolution… (More)

Pteridine biosynthesis has been examined in extracts of the heads of Drosophila melanogaster by measuring the conversion of… (More)

The red eye pigment of Drosophila melanogaster consists of six complex pteridines known as neodrosopterin, drosopterin… (More)

The reaction catalyzed by GTP cyclohydrolase is the first unique step of pteridine biosynthesis in Drosophila melanogaster and is… (More)

The fine structure and the composition of pteridine pigments of erythrophores in adults of the swordtail fish, Xiphophorus… (More)