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SUBMITTER: Derardja AE
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5609118 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Derardja Ala Eddine AE Pretzler Matthias M Kampatsikas Ioannis I Barkat Malika M Rompel Annette A
Journal of agricultural and food chemistry 20170908 37
Polyphenol oxidase from apricot (Prunus armeniaca) (PaPPO) was purified in its latent form (L-PaPPO), and the molecular weight was determined to be 63 kDa by SDS-PAGE. L-PaPPO was activated in the presence of substrate at low pH. The activity was enhanced by CuSO<sub>4</sub> and low concentrations (≤ 2 mM) of SDS. PaPPO has its pH and temperature optimum at pH 4.5 and 45 °C for catechol as substrate. It showed diphenolase activity and highest affinity toward 4-methylcatechol (K<sub>M</sub> = 2.0 ...[more]