A proteolytic enzyme associated with the infection of cocoa beans byBotryodiplodia theobromae

Autor: B. Fessehatzion, P.O. Olutiola
Rok vydání: 1987
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Zdroj: FEMS Microbiology Letters. 43:67-70
ISSN: 1574-6968
0378-1097
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1987.tb02099.x
Popis: Cocoa beans infected by Botryodiplodia theobromae produced proteins which possessed proteolytic activity. The enzyme was partially purified by ammonium sulphate precipitation followed by molecular exclusion and ion-exchange chromatography. The Mr was approx. 80000. The enzyme exhibited maximum activity at pH 8.0 and 35°C, and possessed an apparent Km of approx. 8.3 mg/ml for casein. Activity of the enzyme was stimulated by Ca2+ and Mg2+ but inhibited by mercuric chloride, EDTA, iodoacetic acid and 2,4-dinitrophenol.
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