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Yue-Xiu Si1, Shang-Jun Yin, Daeui Park
1College of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Zhejiang Wanli University, Ningbo 315100, PR China.
Abstract:
Using inhibition kinetics and computational simulation, we studied the reversible inhibition of tyrosinase by isophthalic acid (IPA). IPA inhibited tyrosinase in a complex manner with K(i)=17.8 ± 1.8mM. Measurements of intrinsic and ANS-binding fluorescence showed that IPA induced no changes in tertiary protein structure. For further insight, we predicted the 3D structure of tyrosinase and used a docking algorithm to simulate binding between tyrosinase and IPA. Simulation was successful (binding energies for Dock6.3: -25.19 kcal/mol and for AutoDock4.2: -4.28 kcal/mol), suggesting that IPA interacts with PRO175 or VAL190. This strategy of predicting tyrosinase inhibition based on hydroxyl group number and orientation may prove useful for the screening of potential tyrosinase inhibitors.
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