Melanogenic regulatory factors in coated vesicles from melanoma cells.

Coated vesicles have been found to contain much higher tyrosinase and gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase activities than premelanosomes. This indicates that similar to tyrosinase, gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase, an enzyme responsible for pheomelanogenesis, is highly concentrated in coated vesicles after its maturation in Golgi associated endoplasmic reticulum (GERL). Furthermore, in the pre- and post-dopaquinone melanogenic pathway, coated vesicles convert dopachrome to colorless indole compounds more quickly than in premelanosomes because of their higher dopachrome conversion factor activity. Melanosomes have been found to exhibit indole conversion factor activity, while coated vesicles show indole blocking factor activity. In moderately tyrosinase-rich premelanosomes, the levels of dopachrome conversion factor and indole blocking factor are lower than in coated vesicles or melanosomes. High levels of indole blocking factor in coated vesicles may indicate why melanin polymer formation does not occur there in vivo despite their high tyrosinase activity.

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