Definition, Meaning & Anagrams | English word DOPA
DOPA
Definitions of DOPA
- The amino acid dihydroxyphenylalanine that is generated in the liver from tyrosine and then converted into dopamine in the brain.
- Alternative letter-case form of dopa.
Number of letters
4
Is palindrome
No
Examples of Using DOPA in a Sentence
- As with the Bangkok Metropolitan Region, registered population figures issued by the National Statistics Office (NSO) and the Department of Provincial Administration (DOPA) hardly capture the scope of the urban transformation that has occurred over time, especially with the economy being dependent on the large numbers of casual Thai workers who work in the city yet remain registered in their hometowns, the employment turnover from and to the capital, as well as seasonal farm migration.
- This variable effect of PLP-deficiency indicates possible isoforms of AADC with differential substrate specificity for DOPA and 5-HTP.
- Levodopa is converted to dopamine via the action of a naturally occurring enzyme called DOPA decarboxylase.
- Enzymes that regulate the biosynthesis or metabolism of dopamine such as aromatic L-amino acid decarboxylase or DOPA decarboxylase, monoamine oxidase (MAO), and catechol O-methyl transferase (COMT) may be referred to as dopaminergic as well.
- Among them the bands "Ao Cubo", "Banda Dopa", "Bruna Karla", "Damares", "Eli Soares", "Fernando Urias", "Marcela Tais", "Juliana Santiago", Milena and Xuxu", Nanan Shara and PR Brinco", among other attractions.
- Prosavin uses Oxford BioMedica's Lentivector delivery system to transfer three genes, aromatic amino acid dopa decarboxylase, tyrosine hydroxylase and GTP-cyclohydrolase 1, to the striatum in the brain, reprogramming transduced cells to secrete dopamine.
- Other names in common use include dopa transaminase, dihydroxyphenylalanine aminotransferase, aspartate-DOPP transaminase (ADT), L-dopa transaminase, dopa aminotransferase, glutamate-DOPP transaminase (GDT), phenylalanine-DOPP transaminase (PDT), DOPA 2-oxoglutarate aminotransferase, and DOPAATS.
- Once levodopa has entered the central nervous system, it is converted into dopamine by the enzyme aromatic -amino acid decarboxylase (AAAD), also known as DOPA decarboxylase (DDC).
- Biosynthesis of melanin occurs in melanocytes, where tyrosine is converted into DOPA and then dopaquinone, which goes on to be formed into pheomelanin or eumelanin.
- In the EU, opicapone is indicated as adjunctive therapy to preparations of levodopa/ DOPA decarboxylase inhibitors (DDCI) in adults with Parkinson's disease and end-of-dose motor fluctuations who cannot be stabilised on those combinations.
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