pyomelanin
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]pyomelanin (uncountable)
- (organic chemistry) A pigment, related to melanin, that results from the catabolism of tyrosine and phenylalanine
- 2015 August 7, Christopher J. Harmer et al., “Homogentisate 1-2-Dioxygenase Downregulation in the Chronic Persistence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Australian Epidemic Strain-1 in the CF Lung”, in PLoS ONE[1], volume 10, :
- In fact, our results show the death rate was reduced in AES-1M assays compared to AES-1R, despite a lack of pyomelanin in both isogens.