Tyrosinase action on monophenols: Evidence for direct enzymatic release of o-diphenol

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Protein Structure and Molecular Enzymology

Volumn 1548, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 238-256

  Rodríguez López, José Neptuno ^a   Fenoll, Lorena G ^a   Pealver, María J ^a   García Ruiz, Pedro Antonio ^a   Varón, Ramón ^b   Martínez Ortíz, Francisco ^a   García Cánovas, Francisco ^a   Tudela, José ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

Author keywords

4 tert Butylcatechol; 4 tert Butylphenol; Cysteine; Electrochemistry; Enzyme kinetics; Monophenol; Mushroom; o Diphenol; o Quinone; Polyphenol oxidase; Reaction mechanism; Spectrophotometry; Tyrosinase

Indexed keywords

4 TERT BUTYLCATECHOL; 4 TERT BUTYLPHENOL; CATECHOL; CYSTEINE; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; QUINONE DERIVATIVE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BINDING COMPETITION; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGARICALES; BENZOQUINONES; CATECHOLS; CYSTEINE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; KINETICS; MELANOSOMES; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHENOLS;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; CARMONA; GARCIA;

EID: 0035855230     PISSN: 01674838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-4838(01)00237-0     Document Type: Article

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