tyrosinase EC#: 1.14.18.1; ChemWhat Code: 1375747

Product Name tyrosinase
Example Structure Example Structure of tyrosinase EC#: 1.14.18.1
Synonyms AbPPO1, AbPPO4, AbTYR, aurone synthase, catalase-phenol oxidase, catechol oxidase, catecholase, CATPO, chlorogenic acid oxidase, chlorogenic oxidase, cresolase, cresolase/monophenolase, CsPPO, CZA14Tyr, deoxy-tyrosinase, dihydroxy-L-phenylalanine:oxygen oxidoreductase, Diphenol oxidase, diphenolase, dopa oxidase, EC 1.10.3.1, Hc-derived phenoloxidase, Hc-phenoloxidase, HcPO, HdPO, hemocyanin-derived phenoloxidase, jrPPO1, jrTYR, L-DOPA monophenolase, L-DOPA oxidase, L-DOPA:oxygen oxidoreductase, L-tyrosine hydroxylase, MdPPO1, melC2, MelC2 tyrosinase, met-tyrosinase, monophenol dihydroxyphenylalanine:oxygen oxidoreductase, monophenol monooxidase, monophenol monooxygenase, monophenol monoxygenase, monophenol oxidase, monophenol oxygen oxidoreductase, monophenol, 3,4-dihydroxy L-phenylalanine (L-DOPA):oxygen oxidoreductase, monophenol, dihydroxy-L-phenylalanine oxygen oxidoreductase, monophenol, dihydroxy-L-phenylalanine:oxygen oxidoreductase, monophenol, dihydroxyphenylalanine:oxygen oxidoreductase, monophenol, L-Dopa: oxidoreductase, monophenol, L-DOPA: oxygen oxidoreductase, monophenol, o-diphenol: oxygen oxidoreductase, monophenol, o-diphenol:O2 oxidoreductase, monophenol, o-diphenol:oxygen oxido-reductase, monophenol, o-diphenol:oxygen oxidoreductase, monophenol, polyphenol oxidase, monophenol: dioxygen oxidoreductases, hydroxylating, monophenolase, monphenol mono-oxgenase, More, mTyr, murine tyrosinase, mushroom tyrosinase, mushroom tyrosine, N-acetyl-6-hydroxytryptophan oxidase, o-diphenol oxidase, o-diphenol oxidoreductase, o-diphenol oxygen oxidoreductase, o-diphenol: O2 oxidoreductase, o-diphenol: oxidoreductase, o-diphenol:O2 oxidoreductase, o-diphenol:oxygen oxidoreductase, o-diphenolase, OCA1, Orf13, oxygen oxidoreductase, phenol oxidase, phenol oxidases, phenolase, phenoloxidase, PO, polyaromatic oxidase, polyphenol oxidase, polyphenol oxidase 3, polyphenol oxidase 4, polyphenol oxidase B, polyphenolase, polyphenoloxidase, PotPPO, PPO, PPO 3, PPO B, PPO1, PPO2, PPO3, pro-PO III, prophenoloxidase III, pyrocatechol oxidase, SPRTyr, ST94, ST94t, tryosinase, tryrosinase, TY, tyr, TYR1, TYR2, tyrA, TyrBm, tyrosinase, tyrosinase 2, tyrosinase 4, tyrosinase diphenolase, tyrosine-dopa oxidase
EC Number 1.14.18.1
CAS Registry Number 9002/10/2
Comments A type III copper protein found in a broad variety of bacteria, fungi, plants, insects, crustaceans, and mammals, which is involved in the synthesis of betalains and melanin. The enzyme, which is activated upon binding molecular oxygen, can catalyse both a monophenolase reaction cycle (reaction 1) or a diphenolase reaction cycle (reaction 2). During the monophenolase cycle, one of the bound oxygen atoms is transferred to a monophenol (such as L-tyrosine), generating an O-diphenol intermediate, which is subsequently oxidized to an o-quinone and released, along with a water molecule. The enzyme remains in an inactive deoxy state, and is restored to the active oxy state by the binding of a new oxygen molecule. During the diphenolase cycle the enzyme binds an external diphenol molecule (such as L-dopa) and oxidizes it to an O-quinone that is released along with a water molecule, leaving the enzyme in the intermediate met state. The enzyme then binds a second diphenol molecule and repeats the process, ending in a deoxy state [7]. The second reaction is identical to that catalysed by the related enzyme catechol oxidase (EC 1.10.3.1). However, the latter can not catalyse the hydroxylation or monooxygenation of monophenols.
Cofactor Cu cation
History
Reactions (1) L-tyrosine + O(2) = dopaquinone + H(2)O. (2) 2 L-dopa + O(2) = 2 dopaquinone + 2 H(2)O.

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