MelC1

• PFAM accession number: PF06236
• Interpro abstract (IPR010928):

  This family consists of several tyrosinase co-factor MELC1 proteins from a number of Streptomyces species. The melanin operon (melC) of Streptomyces antibioticus contains two genes, melC1 and melC2 (apotyrosinase). It is thought that MelC1 forms a transient binary complex with the downstream apotyrosinase MelC2 to facilitate the incorporation of copper ion and the secretion of tyrosinase indicating that MelC1 is a chaperone for the apotyrosinase MelC2 [ (PUBMED:8360164) ].

• GO process: melanin biosynthetic process (GO:0042438)
• GO function: copper ion binding (GO:0005507)

This is a PFAM domain. For full annotation and more information, please see the PFAM entry MelC1