Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10548297 | Journal of Chromatography A | 2005 | 8 Pages |
Abstract
One of the main forms of tomato pectin methylesterase (PME; EC 3.1.1.11) that is applicable to the food industry was isolated from fresh tomato fruit. The extraction of the PME isoenzymes involved washing the fresh tomato flesh with water in order to remove sugars and than solubilizing the enzymes with a diluted HCl solution at pH 1.6. The extract was then neutralized to pH 7.4 using buffer solution. After filtration, the solution was directly fractioned using Convective Interaction Media (CIM®) short monolithic disk column bearing sulfonyl (SO3) groups and using a linear gradient from 0 to 700Â mM NaCl. The injection volume was 3Â ml and the diameter of the column was 12Â mm and length 3Â mm. The isolated fractions were monitored for protein content and PME activity. The fraction with the targeted enzyme, which showed NaCl independent activity, was further purified and concentrated by ultrafiltration and finally purified by a second semi-preparative cation-exchange chromatography step using a CIM carboxymethyl (CM) disk monolithic column consisting of two disks and applying a step gradient. From 1Â kg of fresh tomato fruits, 7.5Â mg of purified PME with molecular mass estimated to be 26Â 000 by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) was obtained. A fraction with mixed PME and polygalacturonase activity was also obtained. Compared to the published procedures for the isolation and purification of PME from plant materials, this new procedure is much faster and more efficient. The potential application of CIM disk short monolithic columns in the analysis and semi-preparative extraction and isolation of the PME isoenzyme is presented.
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Authors
Irena Vovk, Breda Simonovska, Mojca BenÄina,