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Unification for the Expression of the Monophenolase and Diphenolase Activities of Tyrosinase
Author(s) -
Fenoll L. G.,
RodríguezLópez J. N.,
GarcíaMolina F.,
GarcíaCánovas F.,
Tudela J.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
iubmb life
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.132
H-Index - 113
eISSN - 1521-6551
pISSN - 1521-6543
DOI - 10.1080/15216540214537
Subject(s) - tyrosinase , chemistry , unification , combinatorial chemistry , stereochemistry , biochemistry , enzyme , computer science , programming language
In order to unify and generalize, we define the International Units used to express the monophenolase and diphenolase activity of mushroom tyrosinase acting on different monophenol/diphenol pairs and establish a quantitative relation. Similarly, the activity units to express tyrosinase activity proposed by suppliers are discussed and compared with the above International Units. Lastly, we study the relation between International Units of diphenolase activity and of monophenolase activity for other biological sources of tyrosinase.