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Literature summary extracted from

  • Bezerra Carvalho, L.; Lima, C.J.; Medeiros, P.H.
    Ascorbate oxidase from Cucurbita maxima (1981), Phytochemistry, 20, 2423-2424.
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Inhibitors

EC Number Inhibitors Comment Organism Structure
1.10.3.3 azide 8 mM, 28% inhibition; weak inhibition Cucurbita maxima
1.10.3.3 Thiourea 300 mM, 55% inhibition Cucurbita maxima

KM Value [mM]

EC Number KM Value [mM] KM Value Maximum [mM] Substrate Comment Organism Structure
1.10.3.3 0.166
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 L-ascorbate O2 consumption, polarographic method Cucurbita maxima
1.10.3.3 0.2
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 L-ascorbate spectrophotometric assay Cucurbita maxima

Molecular Weight [Da]

EC Number Molecular Weight [Da] Molecular Weight Maximum [Da] Comment Organism
1.10.3.3 150000
-
 gel filtration Cucurbita maxima

Organism

EC Number Organism UniProt Comment Textmining
1.10.3.3 Cucurbita maxima
-
-
-

Source Tissue

EC Number Source Tissue Comment Organism Textmining
1.10.3.3 fruit
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 Cucurbita maxima
-

Substrates and Products (Substrate)

EC Number Substrates Comment Substrates Organism Products Comment (Products) Rev. Reac.
1.10.3.3 2 L-ascorbic acid + O2
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 Cucurbita maxima 2 L-dehydroascorbic acid + 2 H2O
-
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Temperature Stability [°C]

EC Number Temperature Stability Minimum [°C] Temperature Stability Maximum [°C] Comment Organism
1.10.3.3
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 40 30 min, stable Cucurbita maxima
1.10.3.3 100
-
 complete inactivation after 1 min Cucurbita maxima

pH Optimum

EC Number pH Optimum Minimum pH Optimum Maximum Comment Organism
1.10.3.3 5.5 7 255% of the activity at pH 3.0 Cucurbita maxima