| L-DOPA | L-3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine |
| MBTH | 3-methyl-2-benzothiazolinone hydrazine hydrochloride hydrate |
| PDB | Protein Data Bank (www.rcsb.org) |
| PTU | Phenylthiourea |
| TYR | Tyrosinase |
| TYRP1 | Tyrosinase-related protein 1 |
| TYRP1-3M | Triple (Y362F/R374S/T391V) mutant of TYRP1, with the three non-conserved active site residues replaced by the corresponding ones of TYR |
| TYRP2 | Tyrosinase-related protein 2 |