Evidence consistent with the requirement of cresolase activity for suicide inactivation of tyrosinase.
Tyrosinase is a mono-oxygenase with a dinuclear copper catalytic center which is able to catalyze both the ortho-hydroxylation of monophenols (cresolase activity) and the oxidation of catechols (catecholase activity) yielding ortho-quinone products. Tyrosinases appear to have arisen early in evoluti...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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2008
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