Purification and characterization of a cysteine endopeptidase from vasconcellea quercifolia A. St.-Hil. latex displaying high substrate specificity

M. José Torres; Sebastián A. Trejo; M. Inés Martin; Claudia L. Natalucci; Francesc X. AviléS; Laura M.I. López

doi:https://doi.org/10.1021/jf904295x

Purification and characterization of a cysteine endopeptidase from vasconcellea quercifolia A. St.-Hil. latex displaying high substrate specificity

M. José Torres, Sebastián A. Trejo, M. Inés Martin, Claudia L. Natalucci, Francesc X. AviléS, Laura M.I. López

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A new proteolytic preparation from Vasconcellea quercifolia ("oak leaved papaya") latex containing several cysteine endopeptidases with high proteolytic activity has been obtained. The specific activity of the new enzymatic preparation (VQ) was higher than that of Carica papaya latex. VQ was able to coagulate milk and to hydrolyze caseins and then could be used to produce cheeses and/or casein hydrolysates. Ion exchange chromatography of VQ allowed the isolation of a new protease, named quercifoliain I, homogeneous when analyzed by SDS-PAGE, IEF and MALDI-TOF-MS. Molecular mass was 24195 Da, and its isoelectric point was >9.3. The N-terminal sequence was determined (YPESVDWRQ). Insulin B-chain cleavage showed higher specificity than that of papain and was restricted to glycyl and alanyl residues at P' position. The tryptic peptide mass fingerprint of quercifoliain I analyzed with the MASCOT search tool did not find a match with papain or any other plant cysteine proteases. ©2010 American Chemical Society.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	11027-11035
Journal	Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
Volume	58
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/jf904295x
Publication status	Published - 27 Oct 2010

Keywords

Caricaceae
Latex
Papain
Plant cysteine protease
Vasconcellea quercifolia

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Purification and characterization of a cysteine endopeptidase from vasconcellea quercifolia A. St.-Hil. latex displaying high substrate specificity

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