... points, independent of concentration of a-MSH, as compared with the non-transfected cells. The cells transfected with hMC4-E100K,in contrast with the chicken receptors with Lys in position92, ... concentrations of a-MSH, thecAMP levels were lower than that observed for the cellstransfected with eb,Eand ER. All experiments wereperformed with a similar number of cells; the amount of protein ... the synthesis of bothclasses of melanin pigments, eumelanin and phaeomelanin.A low level of tyrosinase expression leads to increasedphaeomelanin synthesis, while elevated levels of tyrosinase,that...