"Dopa Decarboxylase" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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One of the AROMATIC-L-AMINO-ACID DECARBOXYLASES, this enzyme is responsible for the conversion of DOPA to DOPAMINE. It is of clinical importance in the treatment of Parkinson's disease.
| Descriptor ID |
D004296
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D08.811.520.224.125.100.500
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| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Dopa Decarboxylase" by people in Profiles.
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Spectrum of DDC variants causing aromatic l-amino acid decarboxylase (AADC) deficiency and pathogenicity interpretation using ACMG-AMP/ACGS recommendations. Mol Genet Metab. 2022 Dec; 137(4):359-381.
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The modular expression patterns of three pigmentation genes prefigure unique abdominal morphologies seen among three Drosophila species. Gene Expr Patterns. 2020 12; 38:119132.
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Aromatic L-amino acid decarboxylase deficiency diagnosed by clinical metabolomic profiling of plasma. Mol Genet Metab. 2015 Jun-Jul; 115(2-3):91-4.
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DOPA decarboxylase gene is associated with nicotine dependence. Pharmacogenomics. 2006 Dec; 7(8):1159-66.