Tyrosinase autoactivation and the chemistry of ortho-quinone amines

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 300-308

  Land, Edward J ^a   Ramsden, Christopher A ^a   Riley, Patrick A ^b  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MOUNT VERNON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINE; CATECHOL; DOPA; DOPACHROME; DOPAMINE DERIVATIVE; MELANIN; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; PHENOL; QUINONE DERIVATIVE; TYROSINE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CYCLIZATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME KINETICS; OXIDATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; OXIMETRY; PULSE RADIOLYSIS; REACTION ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

AMINES; ENZYME ACTIVATION; KINETICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; QUINONES;

EID: 0037841882     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar020062p     Document Type: Article

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