MAMMALIAN TYROSINASE: ACTION ON SUBSTANCES STRUCTURALLY RELATED TO TYROSINE
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Mammalian tyrosinase; action on substances structurally related to tyrosine.
Tyrosinase prepared from plant, insect, and marine animal sources catalyzes the oxidation of tyrosine, dihydroxyphenylalanine (dopa), and various structurally similar compounds to darkly colored pigments (2). The enzymatic oxidation of many of the analogues of tyrosine and dopa often proceeds at a faster rate than for tyrosine and dopa themselves (2, 3). The investigation reported here was carr...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Biological Chemistry
سال: 1951
ISSN: 0021-9258
DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)55984-6