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PROTEIN AND PEPTIDE LETTERS
Volume 13, Issue 8, Pages 799-804Publisher
BENTHAM SCIENCE PUBL LTD
DOI: 10.2174/092986606777841271
Keywords
chick pea peroxidase; Cicer arietinum L.; thermal denaturation; purification; thermostability; free energy
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A novel peroxidase isolated from a local chick pea (Cicer arietinum L.) cultivar (Balksar 2000) was purified by means of ammonium sulfate precipitation, DEAE-cellulose chromatography and two runs on gel filtration. The purified enzyme has a specific activity of 2045 Wing with 17 % activity recovery. The molecular mass of the enzyme was estimated to be 39 kDa by SDS-polyacrylamide get electrophoresis. Optimum pH and temperature of the enzyme were 5.5 and 45 degrees C respectively. The thermal denaturation of local chick pea peroxidase was studied in aqueous solution at temperatures ranging from 45 degrees C to 65 degrees C. The temperature of 50% inactivation of the enzyme was found to be 68 degrees C. The enthalpy (Delta H*) and free energy (Delta G*) of thermal denaturation of chick pea peroxidase were 101.4 and 103.4 k J/mol respectively at 65 degrees C. Metals like Zn2+, Mn2+, Hg2+, CO2+ and Al3+ slightly inhibited the peroxidase activity while Ca2+, Mg2+ and Ba2+ have no effect on enzyme activity. The high specific activity and thermal stability make chick pea peroxidase an alternative to horseradish peroxidase (HRP) in various applications.
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