Indirect oxidation of 6-tetrahydrobiopterin by tyrosinase |
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Authors: | Jung Jae Hyung Choi Shin Wook Han Sanghwa |
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Affiliation: | Department of Biochemisry, College of Natural Sciences, Kangwon National University, 200-701, Chunchon, Republic of Korea. |
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Abstract: | 6-Tetrahydrobiopterin is known to bind to an allosteric site of tyrosinase to directly inhibit the enzyme. However, simultaneous measurements of ultraviolet-visible absorption spectra and oxygen consumption led us to conclude that the inhibition was due to oxidation of 6-tetrahydrobiopterin by dopaquinone. Immediately after addition of 6-tetrahydrobiopterin, tyrosinase stopped producing dopachrome from either tyrosine or dopa. Duration of inhibition was proportional to the concentration of added 6-tetrahydrobiopterin and the enzyme activity was fully restored after the inhibition. Surprisingly, there was a rapid consumption of oxygen during the inhibition period. In addition, absorption spectra indicated that the only reaction that occurred during the inhibition was oxidation of 6-tetrahydrobiopterin to 7,8-dihydrobiopterin. In the absence of tyrosine or dopa, tyrosinase did not oxidize 6-tetrahydrobiopterin, suggesting that a reaction intermediate between dopa and dopachrome was a target for the inhibition. We propose a new mechanism in which dopa is oxidized to dopaquinone and the latter, instead of producing dopachrome, is reduced back to dopa by 6-tetrahydrobiopterin. |
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Keywords: | Tyrosinase 6-Tetrahydrobiopterin Dopaquinone Inhibition |
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