Microbial Tyrosinases: Promising Enzymes for Pharmaceutical, Food Bioprocessing, and Environmental Industry

Tyrosinase is a natural enzyme and is often purified to only a low degree and it is involved in a variety of functions which mainly catalyse the o-hydroxylation of monophenols into their corresponding o-diphenols and the oxidation of o-diphenols to o-quinones using molecular oxygen, which then polym...

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Main Authors: Kamal Uddin Zaidi, Ayesha S. Ali, Sharique A. Ali, Ishrat Naaz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2014-01-01
Series:Biochemistry Research International
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/854687