Title : D-tyrosine negatively regulates melanin synthesis by competitively inhibiting tyrosinase activity.

Pub. Date : 2018 May

PMID : 29121440






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1 In addition, 500 muM of D-tyrosine completely inhibited 10 muM L-tyrosine-induced melanogenesis, and both in vitro assays and L-DOPA staining MNT-1 cells showed that tyrosinase activity is reduced by D-tyrosine treatment. Tyrosine tyrosinase Homo sapiens
2 Thus, D-tyrosine appears to inhibit L-tyrosine-mediated melanogenesis by competitively inhibiting tyrosinase activity. Tyrosine tyrosinase Homo sapiens