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l-DOPA, also known as l-3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine and used medically as levodopa, is made and used as part of the normal biology of some plants [2] and animals, including humans. Humans, as well as a portion of the other animals that utilize l -DOPA, make it via biosynthesis from the amino acid l -tyrosine .
Levodopa is available, alone and/or in combination with carbidopa, in the form of immediate-release oral tablets and capsules, extended-release oral tablets and capsules, orally disintegrating tablets, as a powder for inhalation, and as an enteral suspension or gel (via intestinal tube).
Dihydroxyphenylalanine may refer to either of two chemical compounds: D -DOPA (R), 3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine L -DOPA (S), 3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine, a precursor of a neurotransmitter
d-DOPA (D-3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine; dextrodopa) is similar to L-DOPA (levodopa), but with opposite chirality. Levo- and dextro- rotation refer to a molecule's ability to rotate planes of polarized light in one or the other direction.
Tyrosine hydroxylase or tyrosine 3-monooxygenase is the enzyme responsible for catalyzing the conversion of the amino acid L-tyrosine to L-3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine (L-DOPA). [5] [6] It does so using molecular oxygen (O 2), as well as iron (Fe 2+) and tetrahydrobiopterin as cofactors.
3-O-methyldopa is a major metabolite of L-3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine (L-DOPA) and is formed by catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT). One of the L-DOPA's metabolic pathways is the decarboxylation and the other is the O-methylation. L-DOPA has the main role in the metabolic pathway as a metabolite in the biosynthesis of dopamine.
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Dopa or DOPA may refer to: . Dihydroxyphenylalanine (DOPA) . L-DOPA (levodopa), used in the treatment of Parkinson's disease; D-DOPA, an enantiomer of L-DOPA; 3,4-Dihydroxyphenylacetic acid or DOPAC, a metabolite of dopamine