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SUBMITTER: Liu S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6116579 | biostudies-literature | 2018
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Frontiers in chemistry 20180823
Polyphenol oxidase (PPO) in plants plays an important role in browning reactions and may affect the quality of sweet melon products. In this study, a browning-related protein (BRP) with PPO activity was partially purified from oriental sweet melon (<i>Cucumis melo</i> var. <i>makuwa</i> Makino) by salt precipitation and column chromatography. The BRP possessed a high degree of identity with several chitinase proteins, particularly defense-related proteins, by MS identification. Pyrogallol was de ...[more]