Marked Increase in Ascorbate Oxidase Protein in Pumpkin Callus by Adding Copper 1

AUTOR(ES)

Esaka, Muneharu

RESUMO

Ascorbate oxidase from pumpkin (Cucurbita sp.) was purified from a commercially available preparation. A single polypeptide band with Mr 64,000 was detected after sodium dodecylsulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of the purified enzyme. In double immunodiffusion tests, antiserum against the purified preparation formed a single precipitin line with the crude extract from pumpkin fruit tissue or the callus as well as with the purified preparation. Immunological blotting method showed that mol wt of ascorbate oxidase subunit in pumpkin callus was the same as that of the purified preparation. Analysis with the single radial immunodiffusion method showed that the increase in ascorbate oxidase activity during the growth of pumpkin callus correlated with an increase in the enzyme protein. Furthermore, enzyme protein in the callus grown in the presence of 10 micromolar CuSO4 for 2 weeks was about eight times that grown in the presence of 0.1 micromolar CuSO4. The synthesis of ascorbate oxidase in pumpkin callus may be induced by copper, a prosthetic metal of the enzyme, or copper may help stabilize the enzyme against proteolytic breakdown.

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