| EC |
5.3.3.12 |
| Accepted name: |
L-dopachrome isomerase |
| Reaction: |
L-dopachrome = 5,6-dihydroxyindole-2-carboxylate |
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For diagram of melanin biosynthesis, click here |
| Glossary: |
L-dopachrome = (2S)-5,6-dioxo-2,3,5,6-tetrahydro-1H-indole-2-carboxylate |
| Other name(s): |
dopachrome tautomerase; tyrosinase-related protein 2; TRP-1; TRP2; TRP-2; tyrosinase-related protein-2; dopachrome Δ7,Δ2-isomerase; dopachrome Δ-isomerase; dopachrome conversion factor; dopachrome isomerase; dopachrome oxidoreductase; dopachrome-rearranging enzyme; DCF; DCT; dopachrome keto-enol isomerase; L-dopachrome-methyl ester tautomerase |
| Systematic name: |
L-dopachrome keto-enol isomerase |
| Comments: |
A zinc enzyme. Stereospecific for L-dopachrome. Dopachrome methyl ester is a substrate, but dopaminochrome (2,3-dihydroindole-5,6-quinone) is not (see also EC 4.1.1.84, D-dopachrome decarboxylase). |
| Links to other databases: |
BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc, PDB, CAS registry number: 130122-81-5 |
| References: |
| 1. |
Solano, F., Jiménez-Cervantes, C., Martinez-Liarte, J.H., Garcia-Borrón, J.C. and Lozano, J.A. Molecular mechanism for catalysis by a new zinc enzyme, dopachrome tautomerase. Biochem. J. 313 (1996) 447–453. [PMID: 8573077] |
| 2. |
Pawelek, J.M. Dopachrome conversion factor functions as an isomerase. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 166 (1990) 1328–1333. [DOI] [PMID: 2106316] |
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Pennock, J.L., Behnke, J.M., Bickle, Q.D., Devaney, E., Grencis, R.K., Isaac, R.E. , Joshua. G.W., Selkirk. M.E., Zhang. Y. and Meyer, D.J. Rapid purification and characterization of L-dopachrome-methyl ester tautomerase (macrophage-migration-inhibitory factor) from Trichinella spiralis, Trichuris muris and Brugia pahangi. Biochem. J. 335 (1998) 495–498. [PMID: 9794786] |
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