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. 2021 Nov 12;11(11):1186. doi: 10.3390/jpm11111186
3-MT 3-methoxytyramine
5-HTP 5-hydroxytryptophan
5HIAA 5-hydroxyindolacetic acid
5HIAA 5-hydroxyindolacetic acid
AAAHs aromatic amino acid hydroxylases
AADC aromatic acid decarboxylase
BBB blood–brain barrier
BH4 Tetrahydrobiopterin
CA Catecholamines
CD catalytic domain
CNS central nervous system
COMT catechol-O-methyltransferase
CSF cerebrospinal fluid
D2R Dopamine receptor 2
DBH dopamine beta-hydroxylase
DOPAC 3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetic acid
DRD dopa-responsive dystonia
ERT enzyme replacement therapy
GTPCHI GTP cyclohydrolase I
hATTR hereditary transthyretin
HVA homovanilic acid
L-DOPA 3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine
LAT1 large neutral amino acid transporter
LNAAs large neutral amino acids
MHPG 3-methoxy-4-hydroxyphenylethylene glycol
MN Metanephrine
MAO-A monoamine oxidase A
MAO-B monoamine oxidase type B
MPHG 3-methoxy-4-hydroxyphenylethylene glycol
NMN Normetanephrine
NP Nanoparticle
NT5DC2 5′-nucleotidase domain-containing protein 2
OD oligomerization domain
PAH phenylalanine hydroxylase
PC pharmacological chaperone
PD Parkinson’s disorder
PKU Phenylketonuria
PLP pyridoxal phosphate
PM personalized medicine
PNMT phenylethanolamine N-methyltransferase
PP2A protein phosphatase 2A
pSiNPs porous silicon nanoparticles
PTPS 6-pyruvoyl tetrahydrobiopterin synthase
RD regulatory domain
SOP standard operating procedure
SR sepiapterin reductase
TH tyrosine hydroxylase
THD tyrosine hydroxylase deficiency
TPH1 tryptophan hydroxylase 1
TPH2 tryptophan hydroxylase 2
TTR Transthyretin
Tyr Tyrosine
VMAT1 vesicular monoamine transporter 1
VMAT2 vesicular monoamine transporter 2
VTA ventral tegmental area
WT wild type