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Properties of Partially Purified Rhodanese from Leaves of Cassava in Owo Southwestern Nigeria

Received: 10 August 2021    Accepted: 25 August 2021    Published: 19 November 2021
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Introduction: Rhodanese is a transferase enzyme that catalyses detoxification of cyanide. Cyanide is popular for its presence in a wide variety of food materials that are consumed by animals especially man. In this work, we investigated the partially purified rhodanese from cassava leaves in order to ascertain its suitability for cyanide detoxification in cassava tuber. Crude rhodanense was subjected to 80% (NH4)2SO4 precipitation, the percentage yield and purification fold obtained was 68% and 4 respectively. The degree of substrate preference was Na2S2O3>2-mercaptoethanol>ammonium persulphate>sodium metabisulfite>sodium sulfite. Apparent Km and Vmax were 18.2 mM and 13.9 RU/ml respectively. While that of Na2S2O3 were 10.9 mM and 5.8 RU/ml respectively. The substrate specificity Vmax/Km revealed that KCN was a better substrate. The optimum pH and temperature of rhodanese from cassava leaves were 6.0 and 40°C respectively. Result: The information provided by this study can be exploited for understanding cyanide distribution and detoxification of cassava.

Published in International Journal of Bioorganic Chemistry (Volume 6, Issue 2)
DOI 10.11648/j.ijbc.20210602.12
Page(s) 21-25
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Keywords

Rhodanese, Cyanogenic Glycosides, Detoxification, Cyanophoric Plant, Manihot esculenta

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