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Literature summary for 4.3.1.24 extracted from

  • El-Shora, H.M.
    Properties of phenylalanine ammonia-lyase from marrow cotyledons (2002), Plant Sci., 162, 1-7.
No PubMed abstract available

Activating Compound

Activating Compound Comment Organism Structure
NaCl maximal activity at 200 mM, inhibition above Cucurbita pepo

Inhibitors

Inhibitors Comment Organism Structure
ADP 5 mM, approx. 50% inhibition Cucurbita pepo
AMP 5 mM, approx. 40% inhibition Cucurbita pepo
ATP 5 mM, approx. 80% inhibition Cucurbita pepo
beta-chloroethyltrimethylammonium 10 mM, 60% inhibition of PAL activity in cotyledons Cucurbita pepo
Ca2+ 6 mM, 40% inhibition Cucurbita pepo
EDTA 35 mM, complete inactivation Cucurbita pepo
N,N-Dicyclohexylcarbodiimide 10 mM, 82% inhibition Cucurbita pepo
N-acetylimidazol 10 mM, 75% inhibition Cucurbita pepo
o-phenanthroline 20 mM, complete inactivation Cucurbita pepo
Phenylmethylsulphonyl fluoride 10 mM, 59% inhibition Cucurbita pepo

Metals/Ions

Metals/Ions Comment Organism Structure
Mg2+ approx. 3fold activation at 8 mM Cucurbita pepo
Mn2+ approx. 1.5fold activation at 8 mM Cucurbita pepo

Natural Substrates/ Products (Substrates)

Natural Substrates Organism Comment (Nat. Sub.) Natural Products Comment (Nat. Pro.) Rev. Reac.
L-phenylalanine Cucurbita pepo first enzyme in the phenylpropanoid biosynthetic pathway (E)-cinnamate + NH3
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r

Organic Solvent Stability

Organic Solvent Comment Organism
Glycerol stabilizes Cucurbita pepo

Organism

Organism UniProt Comment Textmining
Cucurbita pepo
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marrow
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Purification (Commentary)

Purification (Comment) Organism
ammonium sulfate, DEAE-cellulose, Sephadex G-100, Q-Sepharose Cucurbita pepo

Source Tissue

Source Tissue Comment Organism Textmining
cotyledon
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Cucurbita pepo
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seed
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Cucurbita pepo
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Specific Activity [micromol/min/mg]

Specific Activity Minimum [µmol/min/mg] Specific Activity Maximum [µmol/min/mg] Comment Organism
26.6
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-
Cucurbita pepo

Substrates and Products (Substrate)

Substrates Comment Substrates Organism Products Comment (Products) Rev. Reac.
L-phenylalanine
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Cucurbita pepo (E)-cinnamate + NH3
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L-phenylalanine first enzyme in the phenylpropanoid biosynthetic pathway Cucurbita pepo (E)-cinnamate + NH3
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r

Synonyms

Synonyms Comment Organism
PAL
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Cucurbita pepo

Temperature Stability [°C]

Temperature Stability Minimum [°C] Temperature Stability Maximum [°C] Comment Organism
5
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40% and 90% loss of activity after 1 and 5 days, respectively Cucurbita pepo
5
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approx. 30% loss of activity after 5 days in the presence of 30% glycerol Cucurbita pepo