TH Antibody – Rabbit Polyclonal

The protein encoded by this gene is involved in the conversion of tyrosine to dopamine. It is the rate-limiting enzyme in the synthesis of catecholamines, hence plays a key role in the physiology of adrenergic neurons. Mutations in this gene have been associated with autosomal recessive Segawa syndrome. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been noted for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

TH: an enzyme involved in the conversion of phenylalanine to dopamine. As the rate-limiting enzyme in the synthesis of catecholamines, tyrosine hydroxylase has a key role in the physiology of adrenergic neurons. Four splice variant isoforms have been described.

Protein type: Amino Acid Metabolism - tyrosine; Endoplasmic reticulum; Oxidoreductase; Vesicle; EC 1.14.16.2; Mitochondrial

Chromosomal Location of Human Ortholog: 11p15.5

Cellular Component: internal side of plasma membrane; neuron projection; smooth endoplasmic reticulum; mitochondrion; melanosome membrane; dendrite; terminal button; perikaryon; cytosol; synaptic vesicle; cytoplasm; cytoplasmic vesicle; nucleus

Molecular Function: protein domain specific binding; amino acid binding; protein binding; enzyme binding; ferric iron binding; ferrous iron binding; dopamine binding; oxygen binding; tyrosine 3-monooxygenase activity

Biological Process: heart morphogenesis; heart development; response to lipopolysaccharide; dopamine biosynthetic process; phytoalexin metabolic process; norepinephrine biosynthetic process; dopamine biosynthetic process from tyrosine; catecholamine biosynthetic process; response to electrical stimulus; epinephrine biosynthetic process; response to corticosterone stimulus; response to pyrethroid; neurotransmitter biosynthetic process; response to light stimulus; anatomical structure morphogenesis; phthalate metabolic process; mating behavior; social behavior; organ morphogenesis; eye photoreceptor cell development; response to ethanol; circadian sleep/wake cycle; response to zinc ion; response to activity; cerebral cortex development; response to water deprivation; response to peptide hormone stimulus; synaptic transmission, dopaminergic; locomotory behavior; fatty acid metabolic process; response to salt stress; response to estradiol stimulus; regulation of heart contraction; sensory perception of sound; visual perception; glycoside metabolic process; response to nutrient levels; terpene metabolic process; sphingolipid metabolic process; eating behavior; response to amphetamine; multicellular organismal aging; isoquinoline alkaloid metabolic process; learning; response to herbicide; response to ether; synaptic vesicle amine transport; memory; pigmentation; response to hypoxia; embryonic camera-type eye morphogenesis

Disease: Segawa Syndrome, Autosomal Recessive