The tyrosinase-tyrosine reaction

Publisher Website
Google Scholar
Abstract
Tyramine and 34-dihydroxyphenylethylamine yielded 5:6-dihy-droxyindole; 3:4-dihydroxyphenylethylamine yielded 5: 6-dihydroxy-N-methylindole; and N-methyltyrosine also yielded a pressor substance with tyrosinase. Silver oxide oxidized 3:4-dihydroxyphenylalanine and 3:4-dihydroxyphenylethylmethylamine to 5:6-dihydroxyin-dole-2-carboxylic acid and 5:6-dihydroxy-N-methylindole respectively. Tyrosinase gave the same results as silver oxide. Results of a study of the O uptake in the production of melanin are given.

This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit: