Catalytic mechanism of the tyrosinase reaction toward the Tyr⁹⁸ residue in the caddie protein

• Yasuyuki Matoba ,

  Roles Investigation, Project administration, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: matoba@yasuda-u.ac.jp (YM); sugi@hiroshima-u.ac.jp (MS)

  Current address: Faculty of Pharmacy, Yasuda Women’s University, Hiroshima, Japan

  Affiliation Graduate School of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0366-0851

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• Shogo Kihara,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Graduate School of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

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• Naohiko Bando,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Graduate School of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

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• Hironari Yoshitsu,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Graduate School of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

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• Miyuki Sakaguchi,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Picobiology Institute, Graduate School of Life Science, University of Hyogo, Hyogo, Japan

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• Kure’e Kayama,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Picobiology Institute, Graduate School of Life Science, University of Hyogo, Hyogo, Japan

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• Sachiko Yanagisawa,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Picobiology Institute, Graduate School of Life Science, University of Hyogo, Hyogo, Japan

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• Takashi Ogura †,

  † Deceased.

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Picobiology Institute, Graduate School of Life Science, University of Hyogo, Hyogo, Japan

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• Masanori Sugiyama

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: matoba@yasuda-u.ac.jp (YM); sugi@hiroshima-u.ac.jp (MS)

  Affiliation Graduate School of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

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