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Whereas tryptophan radicals oxidise tyrosine over a wide range of pH values, the one-electron reduction potential of the electron-deficient tryptophan radical at pH 7 is only 0.093 V more positive than that of the corresponding tyrosine radical, so that the reaction proceeds in reverse in strongly acid and alkaline solution.
J. Butler, E. J. Land, W. A. Prütz and A. J. Swallow, J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 1986, 348 DOI: 10.1039/C39860000348
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