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Lipolytic activity was well studied in animals and microorganisms. More recently plant lipases were investigated; only two have been purified to homogeneity: the lipase from the scutella of corn associated to “spherosomes” has a molecular weight of 65 kDa (1) lipase from castor bean (Ricinus communis) associated to “glyoxysomes”. This enzyme has a molecular weight of 62 kDa (2). What about sunflower ? As we expected, we have found a lipolytic activity in germinating sunflower seeds’ spherosomes and the “true” lipase was partially purified(3). In this paper we report a purification procedure to homogeneity of the sunflower spherosomal lipase.
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Bahri, S., Oursel, A., Hamida, J.B., Kader, JC. (1995). Lipolytic Activity Isolated from Sunflower (Helianthus Annuus L.) Germinating Seed Spherosomes. In: Kader, JC., Mazliak, P. (eds) Plant Lipid Metabolism. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-8394-7_154
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