phenylalanine 4-monooxygenase activity

id: GO:0004505
name: phenylalanine 4-monooxygenase activity
namespace: molecular_function
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: Catalysis of the reaction: L-phenylalanine + tetrahydrobiopterin + O2 = L-tyrosine + 4-alpha-hydroxytetrahydrobiopterin.

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0016714oxidoreductase activity, acting on paired donors, with incorporation or reduction of molecular oxygen, reduced pteridine as one donor, and incorporation of one atom of oxygen