A New Continuous Spectrophotometric Assay Method for DOPA Oxidase Activity of Tyrosinase

Journal of Protein Chemistry

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 473-480

  Park, Yong Doo ^a   Lee, Jae Rin ^b   Park, Kyung Hee ^b   Hahn, Hwa Sun ^b   Hahn, Myong Joon ^b   Yang, Jun Mo ^a,b  

^a Samsung Medical Center   (South Korea)

^b Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

DOPA oxidase; Proton generation; Spectrophotometric assay; Thymol blue; Tyrosinase

Indexed keywords

CATECHOL OXIDASE; KOJIC ACID; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; THYMOL;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME KINETICS; MICHAELIS CONSTANT; MUSHROOM; NONHUMAN; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

AGARICALES; BUFFERS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; PHOSPHATES; PYRONES; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; THYMOLPHTHALEIN;

BASIDIOMYCOTA;

EID: 0344739850     PISSN: 02778033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JOPC.0000005463.21302.cd     Document Type: Article

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