Oxidative phenols in forage crops containing polyphenol oxidase enzymes

I Parveen, MD Threadgill, JM Moorby… - Journal of agricultural …, 2010 - ACS Publications
Polyphenol oxidases (PPOs) are copper-containing enzymes that catalyze oxidation of
endogenous monophenols to ortho-dihydroxyaryl compounds and of ortho-dihydroxyaryl …

Polyphenol oxidase

JC Steffens, E Harel, MD Hunt - Genetic engineering of plant secondary …, 1994 - Springer
Polyphenol oxidases (PPO) catalyze the one-and two-electron oxidation of phenols to
quinones at the expense of O 2. PPOs are copper metalloproteins catalyzing the o …

Red clover polyphenol oxidase: activation, activity and efficacy under grazing

MRF Lee, JKS Tweed, FR Minchin… - Animal feed science and …, 2009 - Elsevier
This study investigated red clover polyphenol oxidase (PPO), its: activity, activation from
latent into active form, and whether grazing at different levels of herbage maturity could …

Oxidation of ortho‐diphenols in red clover with and without polyphenol oxidase (PPO) activity and their role in PPO activation and inactivation

MRF Lee, JKS Tweed… - Grass and Forage Science, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Oxidation of phenol to quinone with its subsequent binding and complexing with protein in
red clover (Trifolium pratense L.) when fed to ruminant livestock has been shown to improve …

Forage polyphenol oxidase and ruminant livestock nutrition

MRF Lee - Frontiers in Plant Science, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Polyphenol oxidase (PPO) is predominately associated with the detrimental effect of
browning fruit and vegetables, however, interest within PPO containing forage crops (crops …

Three polyphenol oxidases from red clover (Trifolium pratense) differ in enzymatic activities and activation properties

GE Schmitz, ML Sullivan… - Journal of Agricultural and …, 2008 - ACS Publications
Polyphenol oxidases (PPOs) oxidize o-diphenols to o-quinones, which cause browning
reactions in many wounded fruits, vegetables, and plants including the forage crop red …

Latent and active polyphenol oxidase (PPO) in red clover (Trifolium pratense) and use of a low PPO mutant to study the role of PPO in proteolysis reduction

AL Winters, FR Minchin… - Journal of Agricultural …, 2008 - ACS Publications
Polyphenol oxidase (PPO) activity in leaf extracts of wild type (WT) red clover and a mutant
line expressing greatly reduced levels of PPO (LP red clover) has been characterized. Both …

Cloning and Characterization of Red Clover Polyphenol Oxidase cDNAs and Expression of Active Protein in Escherichia coli and Transgenic Alfalfa

ML Sullivan, RD Hatfield, SL Thoma… - Plant physiology, 2004 - academic.oup.com
Red clover (Trifolium pratense) leaves contain high levels of polyphenol oxidase (PPO)
activity and o-diphenol substrates. Wounding of leaves during harvest and ensiling results in …

Gene expression patterns, localization, and substrates of polyphenol oxidase in red clover (Trifolium pratense L.)

KJ Webb, A Cookson, G Allison… - Journal of agricultural …, 2013 - ACS Publications
Polyphenol oxidase (PPO) genes and their corresponding enzyme activities occur in many
plants; natural PPO substrates and enzyme/substrate localization are less well …

Red clover polyphenol oxidase and lipid metabolism

G Van Ranst, MRF Lee, V Fievez - Animal, 2011 - Elsevier
Increasing the polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) composition of milk is acknowledged to be
of benefit to consumer health. Despite the high PUFA content of forages, milk fat contains …