Abstract

Peroxidase (EC 1.11.1.7; donor: hydrogen peroxide oxidoreductase) is an oxidoreductase enzyme found in many fruits and vegetables. This enzyme was purified from sweet gourd (Cucurbita moschata Lam. Poiret) by ammonium sulphate precipitation and CM-Sephadex ion-exchange chromatography. Furthermore, optimum pH, optimum temperature, optimum ionic strength, stable pH, and stable temperature conditions were determined as 7.2, 50°C, 0.4 M, 8.0, and 40°C, respectively. The molecular weight (MW) of the enzyme was estimated to be 85 kDa by SDS-PAGE method. The values of Km and Vmax were calculated from the Lineweaver-Burk graph for guaiacol/H2O2 substrate patterns.

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