Hen egg white lysozyme as an inhibitor of mushroom tyrosinase

FEBS Letters

Volumn 580, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1877-1882

  Li, Bin ^a   Huang, Yu ^a   Paskewitz, Susan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibacterial protein; Kojic acid; Monophenol, dihydroxy l phenylalanin: oxygen oxidoreductase, EC 1.14.18.1; Muramidase; Peptidoglycan N acetylmuramoylhydrolase, EC 3.2.1.17

Indexed keywords

EGG WHITE; KOJIC ACID; LEVODOPA; LYSOZYME; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; PROTEIN INHIBITOR; TYROSINE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; DRUG INHIBITION; ENZYME INACTIVATION; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; HEN; KINETICS; MUSHROOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPLETION;

AGARICALES; ANIMALS; CATALYSIS; CHICKENS; EGG PROTEINS; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION 50; KINETICS; LEVODOPA; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; MURAMIDASE; TYROSINE;

BASIDIOMYCOTA;

EID: 33644925290     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2006.02.051     Document Type: Article

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