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Anticancer photodynamic and non-photodynamic effects of pterin derivatives on a pancreatic cancer cell line.

Dihydropteroate synthase from Streptococcus pneumoniae: structure, ligand recognition and mechanism of sulfonamide resistance.

Mitochondrial diseases mimicking neurotransmitter defects.

Evolutionary persistence of the molybdopyranopterin-containing sulfite oxidase protein fold.

Cytokine and IDO metabolite changes effected by calcium pterin during inhibition of MDA-MB-231 xenograph tumors in nude mice.

Examination of intrinsic sulfonamide resistance in Bacillus anthracis: a novel assay for dihydropteroate synthase.

A widespread riboswitch candidate that controls bacterial genes involved in molybdenum cofactor and tungsten cofactor metabolism.

Catalytic reduction of a tetrahydrobiopterin radical within nitric-oxide synthase.

Oxidation of 2'-deoxyguanosine 5'-monophosphate photoinduced by pterin: type I versus type II mechanism.

Mutagenesis of the C1 oxidation pathway in Methanosarcina barkeri: new insights into the Mtr/Mer bypass pathway.

6-Acetyl-7,7-dimethyl-5,6,7,8-tetrahydropterin is an activator of nitric oxide synthases.

Mutagenesis of folylpolyglutamate synthetase indicates that dihydropteroate and tetrahydrofolate bind to the same site.

Long-term follow-up of Taiwanese Chinese patients treated early for 6-pyruvoyl-tetrahydropterin synthase deficiency.

Control of redox reactivity of flavin and pterin coenzymes by metal ion coordination and hydrogen bonding.

Ageing diminishes endothelium-dependent vasodilatation and tetrahydrobiopterin content in rat skeletal muscle arterioles.

Nitration of soluble proteins in organotypic culture models of Parkinson's disease.

The radical scavenger edaravone (3-methyl-1-phenyl-2-pyrazolin-5-one) reacts with a pterin derivative and produces a cytotoxic substance that induces intracellular reactive oxygen species generation and cell death.

Effect of beta-blockers on endothelial function during biological aging: a nanotechnological approach.

An atypical orthologue of 6-pyruvoyltetrahydropterin synthase can provide the missing link in the folate biosynthesis pathway of malaria parasites.

Function of MoaB proteins in the biosynthesis of the molybdenum and tungsten cofactors.