Papaya fruit softening: Role of hydrolases

• Main Authors: Siwaporn Thumdee, Ashariya Manenoi, Nancy J. Chen, Robert E. Paull
• Format: Journal
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Agricultural and Biological Sciences; Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=77952585619&origin=inward; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/jspui/handle/6653943832/50485
• Institution: Chiang Mai University

Papaya (Carica papaya L.) cultivars show a wide variation in fruit softening rates, a character that determines fruit quality and shelf life, and thought to be the result of cell wall degradation. The activity of pectin methylesterase, β-galactosidase, endoglucanase, endoxylanase and xylosidase were...