FOOD SCIENCE ›› 2013, Vol. 34 ›› Issue (9): 205-209.doi: 10.7506/spkx1002-6630-201309042

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Enzymatic Characterization of Alanine Aminopeptidase from Turkey Skeletal Muscle

TIAN Tian,WEI Yan-ling,HE Li-chao,RUAN Gui-ping,ZHANG Ying-yang,ZHANG Jian-hao*   

  1. National Center of Meat Quality and Safety Control, Key Laboratory of Meat Processing and Quality Control, Ministry of Education,
    Key Laboratory of Animal Products Processing and Quality Control, Ministry of Agriculture, College of Food Science and Technology,
    Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
  • Received:2012-05-22 Revised:2013-04-10 Online:2013-05-15 Published:2013-05-07
  • Contact: ZHANG Jian-hao E-mail:nau_zjh@njau.edu.cn

Abstract:

An alanine aminopeptidase (AAP, EC 3.4.11.14) was purified from turkey skeletal muscle by using 45%—65%
ammonium sulphate fractionation, its enzymatic properties and the effect of salt and its hydrolysis products on enzyme activity
was studied. The results showed that optimal reaction temperature of AAP was 37—39 ℃, and the optimal pH was approximately
6.8—7.5. In addition, 0.8 mol/L NaCl revealed the inhibition on the activity of AAP by 10% so that salt had a weakly inhibitory
function to AAP activity. Alanine (Ala), as the major hydrolysis product, almost had no inhibitory effect on AAP, while the other
amino acids had significant feedback inhibition (P < 0.05) on AAP. We found that 100 mmol/L phenylalanine (Phe), lysine (Lys),
leucine (Leu) and methionine (Met) could inhibit the activity of AAP, and the sequence of inhibitory is Phe > Lys > Leu > Met.

Key words: turkey, alanine aminopeptidase, salt, amino acids, feedback inhibition

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