Phenylalanine Ammonia-Lyase Activity in Soybean Roots Extract Measured by Reverse-Phase High Performance Liquid Chromatography

Abstract:

The high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) technique was applied to measure phenylalanine ammonia-lyase (PAL, EC 4.3.1.5) activity in soybean (Glycine max L. Merril cv. BR16) roots. t-Cinnamate, the catalytic product of the PAL reaction was quantified at 275 nm by isocratic elution with methanol : water through an ODS(M) column. Comparative experiments were carried out with 1.0 mM ferulic acid, an inducer of PAL activity. The results suggest that liquid chromatography is a rapid and sensitive method to analyze PAL activity in non-purified extract.

Key words:

t-Cinnamate - HPLC - PAL - soybean

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