Abstract
Green shoots and first internodes of Sorghum vulgare var. Wheatland milo contain three phenoloxidase activities separable by means of Sephadex G-100 gel filtration. Two of these are found only in green leaves. I, eluted at the void volume and presumably a high molecular weight form, has both monophenol and diphenol oxidase functions; II, an intermediate molecular weight form displays only a diphenol function; III, a low molecular form found only in first internodes, catalyzes the hydroxylation of 4-hydroxycinnamic acid to caffeic acid and may have a weak diphenol activity. The hydroxylase activities of peaks I and III were completely inhibited by boiling or by 1 millimolar diethyldithiocarbamate and were partially inhibited by 1 millimolar KCN. The time courses of the two monophenol activities differ in that the activity of internode tissue was linear for at least 3 hours while that of the leaf began to decrease after 15 minutes. Both O2 and a suitable electron donor were obligatory. At pH 6, ascorbic acid and 2-amino-4-hydroxy-6, 7-dimethylpteridine were the best electron donors, while NADPH was less effective. The diphenol oxidase functions of forms I and II in leaf preparations were not identical. The activity of I was less stable than that of II. While both were more active with chlorogenic acid, the ratio of activity with chlorogenic acid to that with 3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine was less than 50 for I and greater than 50 for II.
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