| Protein Name | tyrosinase |
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| Organism | Mus musculus |
| Gene ID | 22173 |
| Gene Symbol | Tyr |
| UniProt | P11344 (TYRO_MOUSE), Q91XK0 (Q91XK0_MOUSE) |
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Total Number of functionally related compound(s) :
808
Total Number of Articles : 800 |
Description |
tyrosinase |
| Gene Summary |
Enables protein homodimerization activity. Acts upstream of or within several processes, including melanin biosynthetic process; pigmentation; and thymus development. Located in melanosome. Is expressed in central nervous system; eye; head mesenchyme; mesenchyme derived from neural crest; and skin. Used to study buphthalmos and oculocutaneous albinism. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in several diseases, including melanoma (multiple); ocular albinism 1; oculocutaneous albinism (multiple); retinoschisis; and vitiligo. Orthologous to human TYR (tyrosinase). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Jul 2025] |
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