Inhibitory effect of ammonium tetrathiotungstate on tyrosinase and its kinetic mechanism |
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Authors: | Park Kyung-Hee Lee Jae-Rin Hahn Hwa-Sun Kim Young-Hoon Bae Chang-Dae Yang Jun-Mo Oh Sangtaek Bae Yu-Jin Kim Dong-Eun Hahn Myong-Joon |
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Institution: | Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Center for Molecular Medicine, Samsung Biomedical Research Institute, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Suwon 440-746 Korea. |
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Abstract: | Tyrosinase requires two copper ions at the active site, in order to oxidize phenols to catechols. In this study, the inhibitory effect of the copper-chelating compound, ammonium tetrathiotungstate (ATTT), on the tyrosinase activity was investigated. ATTT was determined to inactivate the activity of mushroom tyrosinase, in a dose-dependent manner. The kinetic substrate reaction revealed that ATTT functions as a kinetically competitive inhibitor in vitro, and that the enzyme-ATTT complex subsequently undergoes a reversible conformational change, resulting in the inactivation of tyrosinase. In human melanin-producing cells, ATTT evidenced a more profound tyrosinase-inhibitory effect than has been seen in the previously identified tyrosinase inhibitors, including kojic acid and hydroquinone. Our results may provide useful information for the development of whitening agent. |
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