Reexamination of the mechanisms of oxidative transformation of the insect cuticular sclerotizing precursor, 1,2-dehydro-N-acetyldopamine

  • Adal Abebe
  • , Dong Zheng
  • , Jason Evans
  • , Manickam Sugumaran

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)650-659
Number of pages10
JournalInsect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Volume40
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 2010

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • Biochemistry
  • Molecular Biology
  • Insect Science

Keywords

  • Catecholamine oxidation
  • Cuticular hardening
  • Dehydro N-acetyldopamine
  • Free radical tanning
  • Laccase reaction
  • Quinone methide reactivity
  • Sclerotization of insect cuticle
  • Semiquinone production

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