Purification and some properties of pectinesterase from potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) alpha cultivar

Pectinesterase was extracted from potato alpha cultivar, purified and partially characterized The used protocol resulted in a 58.8-fold purification (51 850.2 units/mg protein) with 15.5% recovery of pectinesterase activity. The purified enzyme had a molecular weight of 27 kDa and its isoelectric po...

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Main Authors: Julio Montañez Sáenz, Alejandro Téllez, Heliodoro de la Garza, María de la Luz Reyes, Juan Carlos Contreras-Esquivel, Cristóbal Noé Aguilar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto de Tecnologia do Paraná (Tecpar) 2000-01-01
Series:Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132000000400007