Product Description: p-Fluoro-L-phenylalanine (4-Fluoro-L-phenylalanine) is a substrate for tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) that can be used to study the regulation of that enzyme. p-Fluoro-L-phenylalanine binds to the L-leucine specific receptor of Escherichia coli (KD=0.26 μM)[1][2].
Formula: C9H10FNO2
References: [1]Hillas PJ, et al. A mechanism for hydroxylation by tyrosine hydroxylase based on partitioning of substituted phenylalanines. Biochemistry. 1996;35(22):6969-6975./[2]Luck LA, et al. Fluorescence and 19F NMR evidence that phenylalanine, 3-L-fluorophenylalanine and 4-L-fluorophenylalanine bind to the L-leucine specific receptor of Escherichia coli. Protein Sci. 2000;9(12):2573-2576.