描述
Topaquinone (TPQ), is the quinone of 2,4,5-trihydroxyphenylalanine. TPQ is the cofactor in most copper-containing amine oxidases. It is produced by post-translational modification of a strictly conserved active-site tyrosine residue with the participation of the copper ion at the active site. Once formed, TPQ acts as a switch between the heterolytic transformation of amine substrates to aldehydes, via a pyridoxal phosphate-like Schiff base complex, and one electron chemistry involving reduction of molecular oxygen (PMID: 12686122) [HMDB]
InChI标识符
InChI=1S/C9H9NO5/c10-5(9(14)15)1-4-2-7(12)8(13)3-6(4)11/h2-3,5,11H,1,10H2,(H,14,15)/t5-/m0/s1