Two isozymes (F-IB and F-II) of phloroglucinol oxidase (PhO) in cabbage(
Brassica oleracea L.) werepurified from cabbage. The purified enzymes were found to be in ahomogeneous state bypolyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE) and sodium dodecyl sulfate(SDS)-PAGE. The molecularweights of F-IB and F-II were estimated to be ~43 000 and 32 000,respectively, by SDS-PAGE.Both purified enzymes only oxidized 1,3,5-trihydroxybenzenes, suchas phloroglucinol and phloroglucinolcarboxylic acid. Both enzymes also had strong peroxidase(POD) activity. The pH optimaof PhO and POD of F-IB were 8.0 and 6.7, respectively, and those ofF-II were 7.4 and 6.7,respectively. Activities of both F-IB and F-II were stable in thepH range 6-11 at 5
C for 20 h,and were markedly inhibited by sodium diethyldithiocarbamate andpotassium cyanide. MnCl
2markedly activated the PhO activity of F-IB and F-II, but stronglyinhibited their POD activity.Keywords: Cabbage (
Brassica oleracea L.); polyphenol oxidase;phloroglucinol oxidase; peroxidase;characterization