Characterization of phenoloxidase activity in Sydney rock oysters (Saccostrea glomerata)
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Characterization of phenoloxidase activity in Sydney rock oysters (Saccostrea glomerata)
Abstract
Phenoloxidase (PO) activity was studied in Sydney rock oysters (Saccostrea glomerata). As in other molluscs, PO was found to exist as a pro-enzyme (proPO) in hemocytes. ProPO could be activated to PO by exogenous proteases (trypsin and chymotrypsin), exposure of hemocytes to pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs) and by the detergents, Triton X-100 and sodium dodecyl sulphate (SDS). Inhibition studies confirmed the proPO activating system of Sydney rock oysters is a proteinase cascade in which Ca2+ dependent serine proteinases proteolytically convert proPO into active PO. Activated PO was found to be a tyrosinase-like enzyme that is responsible for both monophenolase and diphenolase activity. The bifunctional PO had higher affinity for the monophenol, hydroquinine monomethyl ether (4HA) (Km=4.45+/-1.46 mM) than for the diphenol, l-DOPA (Km=10.27+/-1.33 mM). Maximum enzyme activity was evident at 37 degrees C, pH 8 and at salinities of between 30 and 37 ppt. Melanogenesis catalysed by the active enzyme is a composite of eumelanin and the product of a sclerotin pathway combining DOPA decarboxylase with PO activity.
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