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DURING the course of investigations of the mechanism of action of mushroom polyphenoloxidase, it has been possible to show the presence of an intermediary compound (X) deriving directly from dihydroxyphenylalanine (DOPA)-quinone, which is not an indole derivative and is capable of giving rise to the formation of the intermediary pigments typical of the process of melanogenesis in vitro.
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LISSITZKY, S., ROLLAND, M. New Intermediate of Melanogenesis in vitro. Nature 193, 881–882 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1038/193881a0
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