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SUBMITTER: Long MJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3516906 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Long Marcus J C MJ Hedstrom Lizbeth L
Chembiochem : a European journal of chemical biology 20120717 12
We show that mushroom tyrosinase catalyzes the formation of reactive o-quinones on unstructured, tyrosine-rich sequences such as hemagglutinin (HA) tags (YPYDVPDYA). In the absence of exogenous nucleophiles and at low protein concentrations, the o-quinone decomposes with fragmentation of the HA tag. At higher protein concentrations (>5 mg mL⁻¹), crosslinking is observed. Besthorn's reagent intercepts the o-quinone to give a characteristic pink complex that can be observed directly on a denaturin ...[more]