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Palmitic acid activation of peroxidase and its possible significance in mango ripening.
Authors:A K Mattoo  V V Modi
Abstract:Palmitic acid stimulated the activity of mango peroxidase and reversed the inhibition due to the peroxidase inhibitor present in the preclimacteric fruit. The palmitic acid effect appeared to saturate in the range of 45 to 60 muM palmitic acid. Crude fatty acid extract of the mango exerted similar effect. The percentage stimulation was pH-dependent. Palmitic acid stimulated the enzyme by 18 percent at its optimum pH (5) but the stimulation was in excess of 63 percent at pH 2.5. At pH 2.5 the enzyme concentration versus velocity plot was non-linear and the activation by palmitic acid appeared to saturate between 32 and 48 muM concentration of the effector. The inhibition of the enzyme at and above 0.86 muM concentration of substrate (H202) was not found in the presence of palmitic acid. The effector also changed the heat inactivation kinetics of the enzyme and activated only two out of the four peroxidase isoenzymes present in the climacteric fruit extracts. The results presented indicate the regulatory nature of the enzyme and support its significance in fruit ripening.
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