Regulation of tyrosinase by tetrahydropteridines and H 2O 2

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 325, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1412-1417

  Wood, John M ^a   Chavan, Bhaven ^a   Hafeez, Idris ^a   Schallreuter, Karin U ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Inst Pigmentary Disord Assoc E   (Germany)

Author keywords

H 2o 2; Melanogenesis; Tetrahydrobiopterin; Tyrosinase; Tyrosine

Indexed keywords

6 TETRAHYDROMONAPTERIN; 6,7 DIMETHYLTETRAHYDROBIOPTERIN; DIHYDROBIOPTERIN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; OXYGEN; PTERIDINE DERIVATIVE; PTERIN DERIVATIVE; PYRIMIDINE DERIVATIVE; QUINONE DERIVATIVE; TYROSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN;

BINDING SITES; BIOPTERIN; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME INHIBITORS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PROTEIN BINDING; PTERIDINES; TYROSINE;

EID: 8844250218     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2004.10.185     Document Type: Article

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