MeSH definition : The biosynthesis of MELANINS in insects and higher animals. The key chemical step
of melanogenesis is the initial conversion of TYROSINE to DOPAQUINONE by TYROSINASE,
distinguishing melanogenesis from pathways for melanin synthesis in plants. Melanogenesis
is complex process involving several stages from the formation of MELANOCYTES during
EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT to the synthesis of MELANINS in the MELANOSOMES and their distribution
via transport of the melanosomes to surrounding KERATINOCYTES.;
MeSH annotation : animal only: for human, use MELANIN/ biosyn;
The biosynthesis of MELANINS in insects and higher animals. The key chemical step
of melanogenesis is the initial conversion of TYROSINE to DOPAQUINONE by TYROSINASE,
distinguishing melanogenesis from pathways for melanin synthesis in plants. Melanogenesis
is complex process involving several stages from the formation of MELANOCYTES during
EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT to the synthesis of MELANINS in the MELANOSOMES and their distribution
via transport of the melanosomes to surrounding KERATINOCYTES.
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