Polyphenol oxidase (PPO or monophenol monooxygenase or Polyphenol oxidase I, chloroplastic) is a tetramer that contains four atoms of copper per molecule, and binding sites for two aromatic compounds and oxygen. The enzyme catalyses the o-hydroxylation of monophenols (phenol molecules in which the benzene ring contains a single hydroxyl substituen...
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Synonym for laccase ... <enzyme> An enzyme oxidizing benzenediols to semiquinones with O2. ... Synonym: monophenol monooxygenase, phenol oxidase, phenolase, polyphenol oxidase, urushiol oxidase. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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Type: Term Pronunciation: pol′ē-fē′nol oks′i-dās Synonyms: laccase
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