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. 1985 Aug 1;229(3):573-8.
doi: 10.1042/bj2290573.

An electrometric method for the determination of tyrosinase activity

F Solano-Muñoz, R Peñafiel, J D Galindo

An electrometric method for the determination of tyrosinase activity

F Solano-Muñoz et al. Biochem J. .

Abstract

The pathway of dopachrome formation from L-dopa involves the net release of one proton for each molecule of dopachrome formed. The protons produced as a consequence of the enzymic step catalysed by tyrosinase can be measured by an electrometric device able to monitor changes in H+ concentration below 1 microM. This electrometric recording can be used as a simple, sensitive and continuous method for determining tyrosinase activity. The electrometric method can also be used in the presence of ascorbate by the spontaneous coupling of ascorbate oxidation to dopaquinone reduction, but measuring proton uptake instead of proton release.

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