401-405Lipoxygenase (Lox) has been ex tensively purified
from aromatic (Bas-370) and non-aromatic. (Pusa-834) rice varieties.
Crude isolates of Lox from the aromatic varieties (Bas-370 and PB-1) showed higher
specific activity (4-fold) when compared to non-aromatic varieties (Pusa-677
and Pusa-834). The activity was optimum at pH 8:0 in .all four
varieties.
Anionic PAGE of Lox from three days old
seed lings revealed one extra band (Rm 0.48) III aromatic varieties, besides the
presence of a major band (Rm 0.28) in all the four varieties. Elution profile
of Lox from Bas-370 and Pusa-834 on DEAE-cellulose column showed three distinct
peaks (L-1, L-2 and L-3), L-2 being the major fraction In both the varieties. SDSPAGE
of purified L-2 from Bas-370 showed a single band of molecular mass ~88 kDa