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Copper amine oxidase: a novel use for a tyrosine
1Laboratoire d'Etudes Dynamiques et Structurales de la Sélectivité, URA CNRS 332, Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France.
Structure (London, England : 1993)
|November 15, 1995
Abstract:
The first three-dimensional structure of copper amine oxidase demonstrates that one tyrosine residue is converted into 2,4,5-trihydroxyphenylalanine quinone (TPQ). TPQ binds to copper in the inactive form of the enzyme but not in the active form.