6-Tetrahydrobiopterin functions as a UVB-light switch for de novo melanogenesis

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Protein Structure and Molecular Enzymology

Volumn 1382, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 339-344

  Schallreuter, Karin U ^a   Wood, John M ^a   Körner, Christa ^b   Harle, Katherine M ^a   Schulz Douglas, Vincent ^a,b   Werner, Ernst R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

6 Tetrahydrobiopterin; Melanogenesis; UVB light

Indexed keywords

MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; TETRAHYDROBIOPTERIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME INHIBITION; GEL FILTRATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ISOTOPE LABELING; MELANOGENESIS; MUSHROOM; OXIDATION REDUCTION STATE; PHOTOOXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION ANALYSIS; STOICHIOMETRY; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; BINDING SITES; BIOPTERIN; ENZYME INHIBITORS; HUMANS; KINETICS; MELANINS; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; PHOTOLYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; XANTHOPTERIN;

BASIDIOMYCOTA;

EID: 0032539527     PISSN: 01674838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-4838(97)00178-7     Document Type: Article

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