SEQUENCE AND STRUCTURAL FEATURES OF PLANT AND FUNGAL TYROSINASES

Authors
VANGELDER CWG FLURKEY WH WICHERS HJ
Citation
Cwg. Vangelder et al., SEQUENCE AND STRUCTURAL FEATURES OF PLANT AND FUNGAL TYROSINASES, Phytochemistry, 45(7), 1997, pp. 1309-1323
Citations number
98
Categorie Soggetti
Plant Sciences
Journal title
Phytochemistry → ACNP
ISSN journal
00319422
Volume
45
Issue
7
Year of publication
1997
Pages
1309 - 1323
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9422(1997)45:7<1309:SASFOP>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
Tyrosinases from various organisms are compared with respect to enzyma tic structure, primary, secondary and tertiary structure, domain struc ture, Cu binding sites, maturation mechanism and activation mechanism. On the basis of these comparisons, and by using hemocyanin structure as a template, a structure model for the active site of tyrosinases is proposed. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.