Biosynthesis of melanin occurs in melanocytes, where tyrosine is converted into DOPA and then dopaquinone, which goes on to be formed into pheomelanin or eumelanin.[3]
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^Ito S, Wakamatsu K (2008). "Chemistry of mixed melanogenesis – pivotal roles of dopaquinone". Photochem. Photobiol. 84 (3): 582–92. doi:10.1111/j.1751-1097.2007.00238.x. PMID 18435614.
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