Purification and characterization of a β-galactosidase from peach (Prunus persica)

Molecules and Cells

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 68-74

  Lee, Dong Hoon ^a   Kang, Sang Gu ^a   Suh, Sang Gon ^a   Byun, Jae Kyun ^a  

^a Yeungnam University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

galactosidase; Fruit Softening; Primus persica; Protein Purification

Indexed keywords

4 NITROPHENYLGALACTOSIDE; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CATION; MERCURY; ENZYME INHIBITOR; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME PURIFICATION; NONHUMAN; PEACH; PH MEASUREMENT; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS REACTION; DRUG ANTAGONISM; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; GEL CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENETICS; HYDROLYSIS; IMMUNOLOGY; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PH; PRUNUS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

DIOSPYROS VIRGINIANA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MALUS X DOMESTICA; PRUNUS PERSICA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CATIONS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, ION EXCHANGE; CROSS REACTIONS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; HYDROLYSIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PLANT PROTEINS; PRUNUS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0037840576     PISSN: 10168478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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