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Fernando Gandía-Herrero, Mercedes Jiménez-Atiénzar, Juana Cabanes, Francisco García-Carmona, Josefa Escribano

Evidence for a common regulation in the activation of a polyphenol oxidase by trypsin and sodium dodecyl sulfate

Keywords: Beta vulgaris, betalains, latency, proteolysis, tyrosinase

Polyphenol oxidase (PPO) was extracted from beet root, in both soluble and membrane fractions, and in both cases the enzyme was in a latent state. PPO from the membrane fraction showed no diphenolase activity unless it was activated by trypsin or sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS). The kinetics of the activation process of latent PPO by trypsin was studied and the specific rate constant of active PPO formation, k₃, showed a value of 0.03 s^?1. The protease-activated form showed a pH optimum (6.5) and kinetic properties identical to those of the SDS-activated enzyme. Evidence is provided for the existence of a common peptide responsible for the regulation of the activity of the enzyme by both proteolysis and SDS detergent. Formation of the active proteolyzate was followed by spectroscopic measurements, Western blotting and partially denaturing SDS-PAGE.

Biological Chemistry, Walter de Gruyter

Print ISSN: 1431-6730
Volume: 386, 06/2005
Pages: 601 - 607

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