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Monophenol Monooxygenase MeSH Descriptor Data 2025


MeSH Heading
Monophenol Monooxygenase
Tree Number(s)
D08.811.682.690.708.125.500
Unique ID
D014442
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014442
Annotation
/defic: consider also ALBINISM
Scope Note
An enzyme of the oxidoreductase class that catalyzes the reaction between L-tyrosine, L-dopa, and oxygen to yield L-dopa, dopaquinone, and water. It is a copper protein that acts also on catechols, catalyzing some of the same reactions as CATECHOL OXIDASE. EC 1.14.18.1.
Entry Term(s)
Cresolase
Dopa Oxidase
Phenol Oxidase
Phenoloxidase
Phenoloxidase A
Phenoloxidase B
Tyrosinase
Registry Numbers
EC 1.14.18.1
0
CAS Type 1 Name
Monophenol,L-dopa:oxygen oxidoreductase
Previous Indexing
Diphenol Oxidases (1968-1976)
Tyrosine Decarboxylase (1966-1967)
See Also
Albinism
Public MeSH Note
92; was TYROSINASE 1977-91 (see under DIPHENOL OXIDASES 1977-90); TYROSINASE was see DIPHENOL OXIDASES 1975-76, see under DIPHENOL OXIDASES 1968-74 & see TYROSINE DECARBOXYLASE 1963-67; DOPA OXIDASE was heading 1991, was see under DIPHENOL OXIDASES 1968-72 & 1975-90, was see under TYROSINE DECARBOXYLASE 1963-67
Online Note
use MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE to search TYROSINASE 1977-91, use CATECHOL OXIDASE 1968-76 & use TYROSINE DECARBOXYLASE 1966-67; use CATECHOL OXIDASE to search DOPA OXIDASE 1968-75 (as Prov 1973-74), use TYROSINE DECARBOXYLASE 1963-67
History Note
92; was TYROSINASE 1977-91 (see under DIPHENOL OXIDASES 1977-90); TYROSINASE was see DIPHENOL OXIDASES 1975-76, see under DIPHENOL OXIDASES 1968-74 & see TYROSINE DECARBOXYLASE 1963-67; DOPA OXIDASE was heading 1973-91 (see under DIPHENOL OXIDASES 1968-90 (Prov 1973-74)), was see under TYROSINE DECARBOXYLASE 1963-67
Date Established
1991/01/01
Date of Entry
1976/04/19
Revision Date
2004/07/07
Monophenol Monooxygenase Preferred
Phenoloxidase A Narrower
Phenoloxidase B Narrower
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