Tyrosine metabolic enzymes from insects and mammals: A comparative perspective

Insect Science

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 13-19

  Vavricka, Christopher John ^a   Han, Qian ^b   Mehere, Prajwalini ^c   Ding, Haizhen ^b   Christensen, Bruce M ^c,d   Li, Jianyong ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FOUNDATION FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Arylalkylamine N acetyltransferase (aaNAT); Enzymology; L DOPA decarboxylase (DDC); Melanogenesis; Tyrosine metabolism

Indexed keywords

ENZYME; INSECT PROTEIN; MELANIN; TYROSINE;

ANIMAL; ARYLALKYLAMINE N-ACETYLTRANSFERASE (AANAT); BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; HUMAN; INSECT; L-DOPA DECARBOXYLASE (DDC); MAMMAL; MELANOGENESIS; METABOLISM; REVIEW; TYROSINE METABOLISM;

ARYLALKYLAMINE N-ACETYLTRANSFERASE (AANAT); ENZYMOLOGY; L-DOPA DECARBOXYLASE (DDC); MELANOGENESIS; TYROSINE METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; ENZYMES; HUMANS; INSECT PROTEINS; INSECTS; MAMMALS; MELANINS; TYROSINE;

EID: 84892156331     PISSN: 16729609     EISSN: 17447917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1744-7917.12038     Document Type: Review

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