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Unusual Effects of Reducing Agents on o-Diphenoloxidase of Mycobacterium leprae

Reducing agents had no effect on the oxidation of 3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine (DOPA) to quinone by Mycobacterium leprae; no quinone formation by o-diphenoloxidase of mammalian or plant origin was detected under similar experimental conditions. Ascorbic acid and reduced glutathione prevented further o...

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Main Author: Prabhakaran, Kochukunju
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 1971
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC247001/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/4999415
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