Invertase inhibitors from sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas): purification and biochemical characterization |
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Authors: | Wang Yung-Liang Wu Chang-Yi Chang Chen-Tien Sung Hsien-Yi |
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Institution: | Department of Agricultural Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei 106, Taiwan. |
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Abstract: | Two proteinaceous invertase inhibitors, designated ITI-L and ITI-R, were purified to electrophoretic homogeneity. ITI-L was purified from acetone powder of sweet potato leaves through sequential steps entailing buffer extraction, acid treatment, DEAE-Sephacel ion-exchange chromatography, and Sephacryl S-100 gel filtration. ITI-R was purified from sweet potato tuberous roots by sequentially applying buffer extraction, Con A-Sepharose affinity chromatography, DEAE-Sephacel ion-exchange chromatography, Sephacryl S-200, and Superose 12 gel filtration. The optimal pHs for interaction between ITI-L and ITI-R and acid invertase from sweet potato leaves were 5.5 and 5.0, respectively. The molecular masses of ITI-L and ITI-R were 10 and 22 kDa, respectively, as estimated by both gel filtration and SDS-PAGE. Both inhibitors were thermostable (90% of the activity remained after incubation at 100 degrees C for 20 min), and Western blotting showed them to be immunologically related. |
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