dihydrobiopterin metabolic process

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Namedihydrobiopterin metabolic process
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Biological process

Exact synonym

dihydropterin metabolic process, dihydropterin metabolism

Description

The chemical reactions and pathways involving a dihydrobiopterin, a reduced pteridine derivative related to folic acid; it acts as an electron carrier in tyrosine biosynthesis and its quinoid form is produced by oxidation of tetrahydrobiopterin in several biological hydroxylation reactions.

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