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CATH Superfamily 1.10.1280.10

Di-copper center containing domain from catechol oxidase

The name of this superfamily has been modified since the most recent official CATH+ release (v4_3_0). At the point of the last release, this superfamily was named:

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Di-copper center containing domain from catechol oxidase
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FunFam 11: Tyrosinase

There are 1 EC terms in this cluster

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EC Term Annotations Evidence
Tyrosinase. [EC: 1.14.18.1]
(1) L-tyrosine + O(2) = dopaquinone + H(2)O. (2) 2 L-dopa + O(2) = 2 dopaquinone + 2 H(2)O.
  • Found in a broad variety of bacteria, fungi, plants, insects, crustaceans, and mammals, which is involved in the synthesis of betalains and melanin.
  • The enzyme, which is activated upon binding molecular oxygen, can catalyze both a monophenolase reaction cycle or a diphenolase reaction cycle.
  • During the monophenolase cycle, one of the bound oxygen atoms is transferred to a monophenol (such as L-tyrosine), generating an O-diphenol intermediate, which is subsequently oxidized to an o-quinone and released, along with a water molecule.
  • The enzyme remains in an inactive deoxy state, and is restored to the active oxy state by the binding of a new oxygen molecule.
  • During the diphenolase cycle the enzyme binds an external diphenol molecule (such as L-dopa) and oxidizes it to an O-quinone that is released along with a water molecule, leaving the enzyme in the intermediate met state.
  • The enzyme then binds a second diphenol molecule and repeats the process, ending in a deoxy state.
  • The second reaction is identical to that catalyzed by the related enzyme catechol oxidase (EC 1.10.3.1).
  • However, the latter can not catalyze the hydroxylation or monooxygenation of monophenols.
  • Formerly EC 1.14.17.2.
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