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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Hindawi Limited
2014-01-01
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Series: | Biochemistry Research International |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/854687 |