Substrate specificity and inhibitors of polyphenol oxidase in aspect of darkening of fresh and frozen mushrooms Sing
Czapski, J.
Acta Agrobotanica 47(1): 103-110
1994
ISSN/ISBN: 0065-0951 Accession: 033568050
Activity of mushroom polyphenol oxidase (PPO) toward 6 substrates and inhibitory effect of cysteine, 2-mercaptoethanol, benzoic acid and sodium metabisulphite were determined. The o-diphenols which appeared to be the best substrates were: catechin, DOPA (L-3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine) and chlorogenic acid. Affinity of PPO crude preparation substrates to enzyme, expressed as inverse value of Michaelis constant was lower then affinity of catechol. Inhibitory effect depended on specificity of inhibitors and their concentration. Electrophoretic patterns of PPO of mushrooms reveals slow and fast moving 4 isoforms when DOPA was used as a substrate, 2 bands for catechin and chlorogenic acid while only one band showed activity toward tyrosine and p-cresol.