MeSH note : converts 5,6-dihydroxyindole-2-carboxylic acid to melanochrome in premelanosomes;
shares 40% amino acid homology with sequence of mouse tyrosinase; has no tyrosinase
activity; amino acid sequence in first source; melanocyte-specific promoter; do not
confuse with trophoblast protein, also known as TRP-1; see also C079621;