Journal
PLANT SIGNALING & BEHAVIOR
Volume 8, Issue 10, Pages -Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.4161/psb.25681
Keywords
clarification; Datura; enzyme kinetics; pectin methylesterase; industrial application
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- Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
- CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute
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Pectin methylesterases (PME; EC 3.1.1.11) involved in de-esterification of pectin and have applicability in food, textiles, wines, pulp, and paper industries. In the present study, we compared PME activity of different parts of 3 Datura species and found that fruit coat showed maximum PME activity followed by leaf and seed. PME from leaves of D. stramonium (DsPME) was purified and characterized. DsPME showed optimum activity at 60 C-circle and pH 9 in the presence of 0.3 M NaCl. DsPME was stable at 70 C-circle and retained more than 40% activity after 60 min of incubation. However, enzyme activity completely abolished at 80 after 5 min of incubation. It follows Michaelis-Menten enzyme kinetics. Km and Vmax with citrus pectin were 0.008 mg/ml and 16.96 mu mol/min, respectively. DsPME in combination with polygalactourenase (PGA) increased the clarity of orange, apple, pomegranate and pineapple juices by 2.9, 2.6, 2.3, and 3.6-fold, respectively in comparison to PGA alone. Due to very high de-esterification activity, easy denaturation and significant efficacy in incrementing clarification of fruit juice makes DsPME useful for industrial application.
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