Theoretical Studies of Cyanophycin Dipeptides as Inhibitors of Tyrosinases.

Autor: Krzemińska, Agnieszka, Kwiatos, Natalia, Arenhart Soares, Franciela, Steinbüchel, Alexander
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Zdroj: International Journal of Molecular Sciences; Mar2022, Vol. 23 Issue 6, p3335-3335, 15p
Abstrakt: The three-dimensional structure of tyrosinase has been crystallized from many species but not from Homo sapiens. Tyrosinase is a key enzyme in melanin biosynthesis, being an important target for melanoma and skin-whitening cosmetics. Several studies employed the structure of tyrosinase from Agaricus bisporus as a model enzyme. Recently, 98% of human genome proteins were elucidated by AlphaFold. Herein, the AlphaFold structure of human tyrosinase and the previous model were compared. Moreover, tyrosinase-related proteins 1 and 2 were included, along with inhibition studies employing kojic and cinnamic acids. Peptides are widely studied for their inhibitory activity of skin-related enzymes. Cyanophycin is an amino acid polymer produced by cyanobacteria and is built of aspartic acid and arginine; arginine can be also replaced by other amino acids. A new set of cyanophycin-derived dipeptides was evaluated as potential inhibitors. Aspartate–glutamate showed the strongest interaction and was chosen as a leading compound for future studies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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