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Activation Mechanism of the Streptomyces Tyrosinase Assisted by the Caddie Protein.
Biochemistry - 17 Oct 2017
Matoba Yasuyuki, Kihara Shogo, Muraki Yoshimi, Bando Naohiko, Yoshitsu Hironari, Kuroda Teruo, Sakaguchi Miyuki, Kayama Kure'e, Tai Hulin, Hirota Shun, Ogura Takashi, Sugiyama Masanori
Abstract excerpt
Tyrosinase (EC 1.14.18.1), which possesses two copper ions at the active center, catalyzes a rate-limiting reaction of melanogenesis, that is, the conversion of a phenol to the corresponding ortho-quinone. The enzyme from the genus Streptomyces is generated as a complex with a "caddie" protein that assists the transport of two copper ions into the active center. In this complex, the Tyr98 residue in the caddie...
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