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ACT domain of the nonheme iron-dependent aromatic amino acid hydroxylase, tyrosine hydroxylases (TH) ACT domain of the nonheme iron-dependent aromatic amino acid hydroxylase, tyrosine hydroxylases (TH). TH catalyses the hydroxylation of L-Tyr to 3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine, the rate limiting step in the biosynthesis of catecholamines (dopamine, noradrenaline and adrenaline), functioning as hormones and neurotransmitters. The enzyme is not regulated by its amino acid substrate, but instead by phosphorylation at several serine residues located N-terminal of the ACT domain, and by feedback inhibition by catecholamines at the active site. Members of this CD belong to the superfamily of ACT regulatory domains.
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