PS00498

Tyrosinase and hemocyanins CuB-binding region signature

PROSITE patterns entry
Member databasePROSITE patterns
PROSITE patterns typeconserved site
Short nameTYROSINASE_2

Description

Tyrosinase (EC 1.14.18.1)
[4]
is a copper monooxygenases that catalyzes the hydroxylation of monophenols and the oxidation of o-diphenols to o-quinols. This enzyme, found in prokaryotes as well as in eukaryotes, is involved in the formation of pigments such as melanins and other polyphenolic compounds. Tyrosinase binds two copper ions (CuA and CuB). Each of the two copper ion has been shown
[6]
to be bound by three conserved histidines residues. The regions around these copper-binding ligands are well conserved and also shared by some hemocyanins, which are copper-containing oxygen carriers from the hemolymph of many molluscs and arthropods
[3]
[7]
. At least two proteins related to tyrosinase are known to exist in mammals: - TRP-1 (TYRP1)
[2]
, which is responsible for the conversion of 5,6-dihydro- xyindole-2-carboxylic acid (DHICA) to indole-5,6-quinone-2-carboxylic acid. - TRP-2 (TYRP2)
[8]
, which is the melanogenic enzyme DOPAchrome tautomerase (EC 5.3.3.12) that catalyzes the conversion of DOPAchrome to DHICA. TRP-2 differs from tyrosinases and TRP-1 in that it binds two zinc ions instead of copper
[5]
. Other proteins that belong to this family are: - Plants polyphenol oxidases (PPO) (EC 1.10.3.1) which catalyze the oxidation of mono- and o-diphenols to o-diquinones
[1]
. - Caenorhabditis elegans hypothetical protein C02C2.1. We have derived two signature patterns for tyrosinase and related proteins. The first one contains two of the histidines that bind CuA, and is located in the N-terminal section of tyrosinase. The second pattern contains a histidine that binds CuB, that pattern is located in the central section of the enzyme.

References

1.Cloning and characterization of cDNAs coding for Vicia faba polyphenol oxidase. Cary JW, Lax AR, Flurkey WH. Plant Mol. Biol. 20, 245-53, (1992). View articlePMID: 1391768

2.Tyrosinase related protein 1 (TRP1) functions as a DHICA oxidase in melanin biosynthesis. Kobayashi T, Urabe K, Winder A, Jimenez-Cervantes C, Imokawa G, Brewington T, Solano F, Garcia-Borron JC, Hearing VJ. EMBO J. 13, 5818-25, (1994). View articlePMID: 7813420

3.[Blue blood: structure and evolution of hemocyanin] Linzen B. Naturwissenschaften 76, 206-11, (1989). View articlePMID: 2664531

4.Protein and active-site structure of tyrosinase. Lerch K. Prog. Clin. Biol. Res. 256, 85-98, (1988). PMID: 3130643

5.Dopachrome tautomerase is a zinc-containing enzyme. Solano F, Martinez-Liarte JH, Jimenez-Cervantes C, Garcia-Borron JC, Lozano JA. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 204, 1243-50, (1994). View articlePMID: 7980602

6.Albino mutants of Streptomyces glaucescens tyrosinase. Jackman MP, Hajnal A, Lerch K. Biochem. J. 274 ( Pt 3), 707-13, (1991). View articlePMID: 1901488

7.Cloning and sequencing of Octopus dofleini hemocyanin cDNA: derived sequences of functional units Ode and Odf. Lang WH, van Holde KE. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 88, 244-8, (1991). View articlePMID: 1898774

8.A second tyrosinase-related protein, TRP-2, maps to and is mutated at the mouse slaty locus. Jackson IJ, Chambers DM, Tsukamoto K, Copeland NG, Gilbert DJ, Jenkins NA, Hearing V. EMBO J. 11, 527-35, (1992). View articlePMID: 1537334

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