First Structures of an Active Bacterial Tyrosinase Reveal Copper Plasticity

2010/10/31 by M. Sendovski, Mor Sendovski, Margarita Kanteev +4 · 26 citations
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Chemistry · #Bacterial protein #Biochemistry #Biology #Chemistry #Copper #Enzyme #Gene #Materials science #Microbial Metabolism and Applications #Plasticity #RNA regulation and disease #Tyrosinase #melanin and skin pigmentation

paper · doi:10.1016/j.jmb.2010.10.048

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