A sensitive immunocytochemical technique was developed to detect a 170,000 dalton cell membrane glycoprotein (P-gp) in cell lines resistant to vincristine and vinblastine with varying degrees of resistance. P-gp was shown very clearly using the C219 monoclonal antibody and immunocytochemical detection with either antialkaline phosphate or peroxidase-antiperoxidase with silver gold intensificati...

The purpose of this study is to develop a selective and differential medium (SK2 agar) for isolating guaiacol producing Alicyclobacillus. Forty-one selected dyes and vanillic acid were incorporated in SK agar for screening selective and differential agents. Two guaiacol producing (1016, 1101) and two non-guaiacol producing (19220, C-GD 1-1) Alicyclobacillus isolates were streaked onto media and...

We previously demonstrated that overexpression of the horseradish (Armoracia rusticana) peroxidase prxC1a gene stimulated the growth rate of tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) plants. Here, the cauliflower mosaic virus 35S::prxC1a construct was introduced into hybrid aspen (Populus sieboldii x Populus grandidentata). The growth rate of these transformed hybrid aspen plants was substantially increased ...

Royal palm tree peroxidase (RPTP) has been isolated to homogeneity from leaves of Roystonea regia palm trees. The enzyme purification steps included homogenization, (NH4)SO4 precipitation, extraction of palm leaf colored compounds and consecutive chromatography on Phenyl-Sepharose, TSK-Gel DEAE-5PW and Superdex-200. The novel peroxidase was characterized as having a molecular weight of 48.2 ± 3...

In a previous paper (1) a calorimetric phenol oxidase method was presented which utilizes catechol as a mediator and in which the oxidation of a leucoindophenol is followed photometrically over a very short time interval. During the development of this method it was found that the same basic method and technique were applicable to the determination of peroxidase. In the latter case, oxidation o...

The first dimeric catalase-peroxidase of eucaryotic origin, an intracellular hydroperoxidase from Penicillium simplicissimum which exhibited both catalase and peroxidase activities, has been isolated. The enzyme has an apparent molecular mass of about 170 kDa and is composed of two identical subunits. The purified protein has a pH optimum for catalase activity at 6.4 and for peroxidase at 5.4. ...

Plant peroxidases are involved in numerous cellular processes in plant development and stress responses. Four plasma membrane-bound peroxidases have been identified and characterized in maize (Zea mays L.) roots. In the present study, maize seedlings were treated with different stresses and signal compounds, and a functional analysis of these membrane-bound class III peroxidases (pmPOX1, pmPOX2...

Abstract The purpose of the study was to pretreat fermented rooibos biomass with partially purified horseradish peroxidase (HRP) for lignin removal and convert delignified soluble sugars through saccharification a formulated holocellulolytic enzyme cocktail (HEC). HRP extracted from root tissue by membrane filters characterised biochemically. used remove before hydrolysing it HEC. Our findings ...

The plausible role of arginine and tyrosine residues at the active side of horseradish peroxidase (HRP) in aromatic donor (guaiacol) oxidation was probed by chemical modification followed by characterization of the modified enzyme. The arginine-specific reagents phenylglyoxal (PGO), 2,3-butanedione and 1,2-cyclohexanedione all inactivated the enzyme, following pseudo-first-order kinetics with s...