Has removal of excess cysteine led to the evolution of pheomelanin?: Pheomelanogenesis as an excretory mechanism for cysteine

BioEssays

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 565-568

  Galván, Ismael ^a   Ghanem, Ghanem ^b   Møller, Anders P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^b JULES BORDET INSTITUTE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Excess amino acids; Oxidative stress; Pheomelanogenesis; Pigmentation

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; BENZOTHIAZINE DERIVATIVE; CARBOXYLIC ACID; COLECALCIFEROL; CORTICOSTERONE; CYSTEINE; CYSTEINE DIOXYGENASE; DISULFIDE; DOPACHROME OXIDOREDUCTASE; EUMELANIN; GLUTATHIONE; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; OXYGEN; PHEOMELANIN; QUINONE DERIVATIVE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; TAURINE; THIOL GROUP; TRYPTOPHAN;

ACIDOSIS; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUTOOXIDATION; BRAIN SIZE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHESTNUT; COLOR; CYCLIZATION; DIET; ENZYME METABOLISM; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HYDROXYLATION; MELANOCYTE; MELANOGENESIS; MELANOSOME; NONHUMAN; OWL; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PARKINSON DISEASE; PHOTOTOXICITY; PROGENY; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SKIN COLOR; SKIN PROTECTION; SURVIVAL; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TEMPERATURE STRESS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VERTEBRATE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CYSTEINE; CYSTEINE DIOXYGENASE; DIET; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GLUTATHIONE; HUMANS; MELANINS; MELANOCYTES; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARKINSON DISEASE; SELECTION, GENETIC; TEMPERATURE; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 84862330077     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: 15211878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.201200017     Document Type: Article

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