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Methods in Enzymology

Volume 161, 1988, Pages 329-335
Methods in Enzymology

Assay methods for pectic enzymes

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The characterization and purification of a pectic enzyme is often complicated by the presence of other pectic enzymes produced by the source microorganism. This chapter describes three assay procedures that address this problem. Pectic enzymes from Erwinia spp. is used as examples in the chapter. The assays are readily adapted to the analysis of pectic enzyme complexes of other organisms and can be used with crude preparations. Results from plant tissue extracts should be interpreted cautiously, however, because of the prevalence of pectic enzyme inhibitors. The activity stains in the first procedure enable rapid approximation of the number and type of pectic enzymes in the sample and can guide purification strategies, particularly when used in conjunction with titration curves. The second and third procedures permit quantitative assay of hydrolytic and β-eliminative pectic enzymes, respectively. The action patterns of purified pectic enzymes are determined by viscometric and reaction product analyses; oligogalacturonides are resolved by paper chromatography or thin-layer chromatography and detected with bromphenol blue or thiobarbituric acid spray reagent.

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