Separation and characterization of a salt-dependent pectin methylesterase from Citrus sinensis var. Valencia fruit tissue

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 2070-2075

  Cameron, Randall G ^a   Savary, Brett J ^b   Hotchkiss, Arland T ^b   Fishman, Marshall L ^b   Chau, Hoa K ^b   Baker, Robert A ^a   Grohmann, Karel ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b EASTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Citrus; Homogalacturonan; Pectin; Pectin methylesterase; Pectinesterase; Polysaccharide

Indexed keywords

PECTIN; PECTINESTERASE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; ENZYME PURIFICATION; GEL FILTRATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; ORANGE JUICE; PH; SWEET ORANGE;

CARBOXYLIC ESTER HYDROLASES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; CITRUS SINENSIS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FRUIT; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; ISOELECTRIC POINT; ISOENZYMES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PECTINS; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

CITRUS; CITRUS SINENSIS; VALENCIA;

EID: 0037467436     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf020933+     Document Type: Article

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