Biochemical Analysis of Recombinant Pea Seed Coat-Specific Polyphenol Oxidase (PeaPPO) in Relation to Various Phenolic Substrates

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Title: Biochemical Analysis of Recombinant Pea Seed Coat-Specific Polyphenol Oxidase (PeaPPO) in Relation to Various Phenolic Substrates
Authors: Adéla Franková, Matthias Pretzler, Jana Balarynová, Jana Sekaninová, Petra Krejčí, Petr Bednář, Sanja Ćavar Zeljković, Vladan Doupovec, Mária Škrabišová, René Lenobel, Marek Petřivalský, Annette Rompel, Petr Smýkal
Source: Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 73:21754-21768
Publisher Information: American Chemical Society (ACS), 2025.
Publication Year: 2025
Subject Terms: Recombinant Proteins/metabolism, Kinetics, 301303 Medizinische Biochemie, 104009 Lebensmittelchemie, 104009 Food chemistry, Seeds/enzymology, Phenols/metabolism, 301303 Medical biochemistry, Catechol Oxidase/metabolism, Plant Proteins/genetics, Pisum sativum/enzymology, Substrate Specificity
Description: The seed coat serves as the primary protective barrier, offering mechanical and chemical defense for the embryo. It contains various metabolites, including phenolic compounds, which can be oxidized by polyphenol oxidase (PPO) to form oligomers. In this study, we heterologously expressed a 515 amino acid protein derived from wild pea (Pisum elatius), omitting its N-terminal signal sequence, and analyzed its biochemical properties. The recombinant PeaPPO required sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) for activation and exhibited activity between pHs 5.2 and 7.0, peaking at pH 6.0 with 0.25 mM SDS. Tropolone and its isomer thujaplicin were the most effective inhibitors. PeaPPO catalyzed reactions with seed coat-derived substrates, displaying activity toward phenols, catechols, and pyrogallols, with the highest affinity for catechols. Principal component analysis of LC-MS/MS-derived phenolic profiles demonstrated that PPO+ and ppo- genotypes differ significantly in their accumulation of PPO substrates and inhibitors. These findings confirm that PeaPPO possesses both monophenolase and catechol oxidase activities, identifying it as a tyrosinase.
Document Type: Article
Language: English
ISSN: 1520-5118
0021-8561
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.5c01839
Access URL: https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/a656c1ed-b09b-49f5-b696-b30729e9f99c
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jafc.5c01839
Rights: CC BY
Accession Number: edsair.doi.dedup.....fadaf629721b2b6ca062a89e3d511e4f
Database: OpenAIRE
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