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biology chemistry of life 1. What is the function of the Tyrosinase enzyme? 2. W

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biology chemistry of life

1. What is the function of the Tyrosinase enzyme? 2. What kind of molecule is the Tyrosinase enzyme (Lipid, Carbohydrate, Protein, or Nucleic Acid)? Exercise 1 3. What 4 ingredients will be placed in the cuvette? 4. How will the reagents be mixed together? 5 How will the amount of Dopachrome produced be measured? Exercise 2 6. What variable will be changed in this experiment? 7. Why will you need to wipe the cuvettes off before taking a reading? 8. Explain what the "post-recovery" measurement is Exercise 3 9. Why is protein shape sensitive to the ion concentration? 10. Why is NaCl being added to these reactions?

Explanation / Answer

1) Tyrosinase is an enzyme that hydroxylates tyrosine in the first step in melanin synthesis and is important for melanosome formation .

2) it is a protein molecule

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