Tyrosinase

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Tyrosinase is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the gene TYR. It is an oxidase that is the rate-limiting enzyme for controlling the production of melanin. The enzyme is mainly involved in two distinct reactions of melanin synthesis otherwise known as the Raper–Mason pathway.

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