Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry
Online ISSN : 1347-6947
Print ISSN : 0916-8451
Organic Chemistry Notes
Purification and Characterization of a Tuliposide-Converting Enzyme from Bulbs of Tulipa gesneriana
Yasuo KATOKazuaki SHOJIMakoto UBUKATAKengo SHIGETOMIYukio SATONoriyuki NAKAJIMAShinjiro OGITA
Author information
JOURNAL FREE ACCESS

2009 Volume 73 Issue 8 Pages 1895-1897

Details
Abstract

An enzyme that catalyzes the stoichiometric conversion of 6-tuliposide into tulipalin was purified and characterized from bulbs of Tulipa gesneriana. The enzyme appeared to be a dimer, the relative molecular mass (Mr) of each subunit being 34,900; it had maximum activity and stability at neutral pH and moderate temperature. The enzyme preferentially acted on such glucose esters as 6-tuliposides, and to a lesser extent on p-nitrophenylacetate.

Content from these authors

This article cannot obtain the latest cited-by information.

© 2009 by Japan Society for Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Agrochemistry
Previous article Next article
feedback
Top