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Linyan Zhou1, Jihong Wu, Xiaosong Hu
1College of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University, Key Laboratory of Fruit & Vegetable Processing, Ministry of Agriculture, Engineering Research Center for Fruit & Vegetable Processing, Ministry of Education, Beijing 100083, China.
Abstract:
The influence of high pressure carbon dioxide (HPCD) on the activity and structure of pectin methylesterase (PME) from orange was investigated. The pressures were 8-30 MPa, temperature 55 degrees C and time 10 min. HPCD caused significant inactivation on PME, the lowest residual activity was about 9.3% at 30 MPa. The SDS-PAGE electrophoretic behavior of HPCD-treated PME was not altered, while changes in the secondary and tertiary structures were found. The beta-structure fraction in the secondary structure decreased and the fluorescence intensity increased as HPCD pressures were elevated. After 7-day storage at 4 degrees C, no alteration of its activity and no reversion of its beta-structure fraction were observed, while its fluorescence intensity further decreased.
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