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Melanization vs Phenoloxidase - What's the difference?

melanization | phenoloxidase |

In biochemistry|lang=en terms the difference between melanization and phenoloxidase

is that melanization is (biochemistry) conversion into melanin, or an increase in the concentration of melanin within (a tissue or organism) while phenoloxidase is (biochemistry) an enzyme which catalyzes phenol oxidation, and which is often involved in melanization processes.

As nouns the difference between melanization and phenoloxidase

is that melanization is (biochemistry) conversion into melanin, or an increase in the concentration of melanin within (a tissue or organism) while phenoloxidase is (biochemistry) an enzyme which catalyzes phenol oxidation, and which is often involved in melanization processes.

melanization

English

Alternative forms

*melanisation

Noun

(en noun)
  • (biochemistry) Conversion into melanin, or an increase in the concentration of melanin within (a tissue or organism)
    • the melanization of larvae

    Related terms

    *demelanization *remelanization

    phenoloxidase

    English

    Alternative forms

    *phenol oxidase

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (biochemistry) An enzyme which catalyzes phenol oxidation, and which is often involved in melanization processes
  • *{{quote-book, 1991, Gregory W. Narr & Nicholas Cohen, Phylogenesis of Immune Functions citation
    • , passage=In one widely accepted model, the oxidation of catechols (o-diphenols) to o-quinones by cuticular phenoloxidase takes place and then these quinones diffuse into the cuticle