How does pheomelanin synthesis contribute to melanomagenesis?

Has removal of excess cysteine led to the evolution of pheomelanin?

(2012) Ismael Galván et al.   BIOESSAYS

Probing the Motional Behavior of Eumelanin and Pheomelanin with Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy: New Insights into the Pigment Properties

(2012) Pierre Thureau et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

An ultraviolet-radiation-independent pathway to melanoma carcinogenesis in the red hair/fair skin background

(2012) Devarati Mitra et al.   NATURE

Relationships between Hair Melanization, Glutathione Levels, and Senescence in Wild Boars

(2012) Ismael Galván et al.   PHYSIOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL ZOOLOGY

Heterogeneous Photocatalytic Reactions of Sulfur Aromatic Compounds

(2011) Alexander Samokhvalov   CHEMPHYSCHEM

Brain size and the expression of pheomelanin-based colour in birds

(2011) I. GALVÁN et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Diversity of human hair pigmentation as studied by chemical analysis of eumelanin and pheomelanin

(2011) S. Ito et al.   JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN ACADEMY OF DERMATOLOGY AND VENEREOLOGY

High-throughput analysis of the mutagenic and cytotoxic properties of DNA lesions by next-generation sequencing

(2011) Bifeng Yuan et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Functionality of epidermal melanin pigments: current knowledge on UV-dissipative mechanisms and research perspectives

(2011) Annemarie Huijser et al.   PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Bird population declines due to radiation exposure at Chernobyl are stronger in species with pheomelanin-based coloration

(2010) Ismael Galván et al.   OECOLOGIA

Zinc-induced Structural Effects Enhance Oxygen Consumption and Superoxide Generation in Synthetic Pheomelanins on UVA/Visible Light Irradiation†

(2010) Lucia Panzella et al.   PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY

αMSH and Cyclic AMP Elevating Agents Control Melanosome pH through a Protein Kinase A-independent Mechanism

(2009) Yann Cheli et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Different Molecular Constituents in Pheomelanin are Responsible for Emission, Transient Absorption and Oxygen Photoconsumption

(2008) Tong Ye et al.   PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY

Counterions Influence Reactivity of Metal Ions with Cysteinyldopa Model Compounds

(2007) Yohannes T. Tesema et al.   INORGANIC CHEMISTRY