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Pectinase enzymes used today are naturally produced by fungi and yeasts (50%), insects, bacteria and microbes (35%) and various plants (15%), [4] but cannot be synthesized by animal or human cells. [5] In plants, pectinase enzymes hydrolyze pectin that is found in the cell wall, allowing for new growth and changes to be made.
These enzymes degrade complex organic matter such as cellulose and hemicellulose into simple sugars that enzyme-producing organisms use as a source of carbon, energy, and nutrients. [2] Grouped as hydrolases, lyases, oxidoreductases and transferases, [1] these extracellular enzymes control soil enzyme activity through efficient degradation of ...
The waste residues of citrus, apple, and pomelo and their peels are the major raw resources of pectin production because they are considered by-products of producing juice in the food industry. Also, it helps protect the plants from the damage that is caused by pathogenic microorganisms due to its rigidity and flexibility.
Water extract of aiyu seeds is traditionally used in Taiwan to make aiyu jelly, where the extract gels without heating due to low-ester pectins from the seeds and the bivalent cations from the water. [23] Pectin is used in confectionery jellies to give a good gel structure, a clean bite and to confer a good flavour release.
Pectic acid, also known as polygalacturonic acid, is a water-soluble, transparent gelatinous acid existing in over-ripe fruit and some vegetables. It is a product of pectin degradation in plants, and is produced via the interaction between pectinase and pectin (the latter being common in the wine-making industry.) In the early stage of ...
Pectate lyase (EC 4.2.2.2) is an enzyme involved in the maceration and soft rotting of plant tissue. Pectate lyase is responsible for the eliminative cleavage of pectate, yielding oligosaccharides with 4-deoxy-α-D-mann-4-enuronosyl groups at their non-reducing ends. The protein is maximally expressed late in pollen development.
Phytochemistry is the study of phytochemicals, which are chemicals derived from plants.Phytochemists strive to describe the structures of the large number of secondary metabolites found in plants, the functions of these compounds in human and plant biology, and the biosynthesis of these compounds.
Polygalacturonase is a pectinase, an enzyme that degrades pectin by hydrolyzing the O-glycosyl bonds in pectin's polygalacturonan network, resulting in α-1,4-polygalacturonic residues. [10] The rate of hydrolysis is dependent on polysaccharide chain length.