Tyrosinase

Tyrosinase makes the brown pigment in your skin, hair, and eyes. Different gene versions make different amounts.

Fun fact

People with albinism have a tyrosinase that does not work.

Words to know

enzyme
gene
mutation

NGSS alignment

MS-LS3-1Structure & function of proteins
MS-LS3-2Genetic variation

Structure

Rendered in FoldLens Junior from AlphaFold Database entry P14679. See the underlying prediction at alphafold.ebi.ac.uk/entry/P14679.

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