biopterin

biopterin
A pterin found in yeast, the fruit fly, and in normal human urine. The reduced form of b. serves as a coenzyme for a number of enzyme-catalyzed reactions.

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bi·op·ter·in (bi-opґtər-in) an oxidized degradation product of tetrahydrobiopterin; the term is also used to denote the class of related compounds.

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