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Plant Physiology 51:520-528 (1973)
© 1973 American Society of Plant Biologists

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Cholinesterases from Plant Tissues

I. Purification and Characterization of a Cholinesterase from Mung Bean Roots 1

J. Riov2 and M. J. Jaffe

a Department of Botany, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio 45701

A cholinesterase was purified 36-fold from mung bean (Phaseolus aureus) roots by a combination of differential extraction media and gel filtration. The enzyme could be effectively extracted only by high salt concentration, indicating that it is probably membrane-bound. Methods used for assaying animal cholinesterases were tested, two of which were adapted for use with the bean cholinesterase. The bean enzyme hydrolyzed choline and noncholine esters but showed its highest affinity for acetylcholine and acetylthiocholine. The pH optimum was 8.5 for acetylthiocholine and 8.7 for acetylcholine. The Michaelis constants were 72 and 84 µM for acetylcholine and acetylthiocholine, respectively. The cholinesterase was relatively insensitive to eserine (half-maximum inhibition at 0.42 mM) but showed high sensitivity to neostigmine (half-maximum inhibition at 0.6 µM). Other animal cholinesterase inhibitors were also found to inhibit the bean enzyme but most of them at higher concentrations than are generally encountered. Choline stimulated enzymatic activity. The molecular weight of the cholinesterase was estimated to be greater than 200,000, but at least one smaller form was observed. It is suggested that the large form of cholinesterase is converted to the smaller form by proteolysis.

2 Present address: Department of Citriculture, Hebrew University, Rehovoth, Israel.

1 Supported by National Science Foundation Grant GB 20474.






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