Gene/Protein Disease Symptom Drug Enzyme Compound
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Query: EC:3.4.22.32 (bromelain)
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Previous work demonstrated that a commercial formulation of piperonyl butoxide (PBO) did inhibit the activity of some plant proteolytic enzymes. In this paper, the effect of pure PBO and nine pure PBO homologues (PBOH) appropriately synthesized toward bromelain and papain was studied in hydrocarbon solution using the bis(2-ethylhexyl)sodium sulfosuccinate (AOT) reverse micellar system. This study establishes that the majority of these compounds show, in vitro, interesting protease inhibition activities. The benzodioxole and dihydrobenzofuran structures, in particular, 5-[2-(2-butoxyethoxy)ethoxymethyl]-benzo[1,3]dioxole (EN 1-40) and 6-[2-(2-butoxyethoxy)ethoxymethyl]-5-propyl-2,3-dihydrobenzofuran (EN 16-5), respectively, appear to be responsible for protease inhibition. Measures of octanol/water partition coefficients on PBO and PBOH have demonstrated that water solubility plays a fundamental role in the expression of protease inhibition activity.
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PMID:Benzodioxole derivatives as negative effectors of plant proteases. 1615 78

In the current study, reverse micellar extraction (RME) for the purification of stem bromelain was successfully achieved using the sodium bis(2-ethylhexyl) sulfosuccinate (AOT)/isooctane system. A maximum forward extraction efficiency of 58.0% was obtained at 100 mM AOT concentration, aqueous phase pH of 8.0 and 0.2 M NaCl. Back extraction studies on altering stripping phase pH and KCl concentration, addition of counter-ion and iso-propyl alcohol (IPA) and mechanical agitation with glass beads indicated that IPA addition and agitation with glass beads have significant effects on extraction efficiency. The protein extraction was higher (51.9%) in case of the IPA (10% v/v) added system during back extraction as compared to a cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (100 mM) added system (9.42%). The central composite design technique was used to optimize the back extraction conditions further. Concentration of IPA, amount of glass beads, mixing time, and agitation speed (in rpm) were the variables selected. IPA concentration of 8.5% (v/v), glass bead concentration of 0.6 (w/v), and mixing time of 45 min at 400 rpm resulted in higher back extraction efficiency of 45.6% and activity recovery of 88.8% with purification of 3.04-fold. The study indicated that mechanical agitation using glass beads could be used for destabilizing the reverse micelles and release of bromelain back into the fresh aqueous phase.
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PMID:Process optimization for reverse micellar extraction of stem bromelain with a focus on back extraction. 2461 21