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    Tyrosinase is an oxidase that is the rate-limiting enzyme for controlling the production of melanin. The enzyme is mainly involved in two distinct reactions...
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    complex process involving the enzyme tyrosinase. Mammals have a gene that codes for the presence of tyrosinase in cells – called the TYR gene. If this...
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    Tyrosinase-related protein 1, also known as TYRP1, is an intermembrane enzyme which in humans is encoded by the TYRP1 gene. Tyrp1 is a melanocyte-specific...
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  • "Oculocutaneous albinism type 1B associated with a functionally significant tyrosinase gene polymorphism detected with Whole Exome Sequencing". Ophthalmic Genetics...
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    arbutin (β-arbutin), and like the β-form it is an enzyme inhibitor of human tyrosinase. α-Arbutin is used in the cosmetic and pharmaceutical industries for its...
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    often associated with the TYR gene, which controls the production of the tyrosinase enzyme that produces melanin. The color point allele is at the C locus...
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  • oculocutaneous albinism that is caused by a dysfunction in the gene for tyrosinase (symbol TYR or OCA1). The location of OCA1 may be written as "11q1.4–q2...
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    l-DOPA are all precursors to the biological pigment melanin. The enzyme tyrosinase catalyzes the oxidation of l-DOPA to the reactive intermediate dopaquinone...
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  • action of PPOs to form o-quinone. Hence, PPOs may also be referred to as tyrosinases. Common foods producing the enzyme include mushrooms (Agaricus bisporus)...
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    of tyrosinase: The catalytic action of tyrosinase is inhibited by the skin whitening agent. Inhibition of the expression or activation of tyrosinase: The...
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    all vertebrates, including humans. It is due to absence or defect of tyrosinase, a copper-containing enzyme involved in the production of melanin. Unlike...
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    hyperpigmentation issues. Its mechanism of action involves inhibiting the activity of tyrosinase, an essential enzyme for melanin synthesis in the human skin, thereby...
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    believed to be related to the enzyme tyrosinase which produces melanin. Among several chemicals known to inhibit tyrosinase production, such as hydroquinone...
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    being a component of a number of hair and skin conditioners. AzA inhibits tyrosinase. Azelaic acid is industrially produced by the ozonolysis of oleic acid...
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    OCA1A, which impairs tyrosinase production. In other mammals, the diagnosis of albinism is based on the impairment of tyrosinase production through defects...
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    regulated by the microphthalmia-associated transcription factor (MITF). Tyrosinase-related protein 1 (TYRP1) Dopachrome, a cyclization product of L-DOPA...
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    Tyrosinemia type II is an autosomal recessive condition with onset between ages 2 and 4 years, when painful circumscribed calluses develop on the pressure...
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    Poly-γ-glutamate is a metabolite of Bacillus subtilis. Poly-γ-glutamate inhibits tyrosinase and melanogenesis in vitro. Liu, X.; Liu, F.; Liu, S.; Li, H.; Ling, P...
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    albinism, resulting from a mutation in tyrosinase, an enzyme involved in melanin production. The mutated tyrosinase enzyme is heat-sensitive; it fails to...
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    Studies have shown that the reduced pigment comes from a mutation in the gene for tyrosinase, the same as causes Type I oculocutaneous albinism in humans....
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    organelles called melanosomes. This reaction is catalyzed by the enzyme tyrosinase. The initial product, dopaquinone can transform into either 5,6-dihydroxyindole...
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    Mutations in the genes microphthalmia-associated transcription factor and tyrosinase are possibly responsible for the colour of manes. It starts growing when...
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    is often but not always related to the TYR gene coding the tyrosinase enzyme. Tyrosinase is required for melanocytes to produce melanin from the amino...
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    Rhododendron. The phenolic compound was first developed in 2010 as a tyrosinase inhibitor for skin-lightening cosmetics. In 2013, after rhododendrol reportedly...
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  • Oculocutaneous albinism type 3 Oculocutaneous albinism, tyrosinase negative Oculocutaneous albinism, tyrosinase positive Oculocutaneous tyrosinemia Oculodental...
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    an albino phenotype may be caused by a mutation in the gene encoding tyrosinase which is a key enzyme in melanin formation. However, exposure to UV radiation...
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    Stevens G, Zwane E, Kromberg J, Farrall M, et al. (October 1992). "The tyrosinase-positive oculocutaneous albinism locus maps to chromosome 15q11.2-q12"...
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    Robinson-Laverick, S. M.; Paton, D.; Jarman, S. N. (2011). "Variation in the Tyrosinase Gene Associated with a White Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae)"...
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    example of such a protein is the enzyme tyrosinase, which is required for melanin production. Normally tyrosinase is produced in minute quantities but its...
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    pigments called melanins, commonly associated with a genetic loss of tyrosinase function. Amelanism can affect fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and...
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