Title : The 5,6-dihydroxyindole-2-carboxylic acid (DHICA) oxidase activity of human tyrosinase.

Pub. Date : 2001 Feb 15

PMID : 11171088






1 Functional Relationships(s)
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1 Conversely, mouse tyrp1, but not tyrosinase, catalyses the oxidation of the indolic intermediate 5,6-dihydroxyindole-2-carboxylic acid (DHICA) into the corresponding 5,6-indolequinone-2-carboxylic acid, thus promoting the incorporation of DHICA units into eumelanin. eumelanin tyrosinase-related protein 1 Mus musculus