Paveena Nawakitkosol. Studies on the activation factors of rubber biosynthesis in small rubber particles of hevea brasiliensis latex. Master's Degree(Polymer Science and Technology). Mahidol University. : Mahidol University, 2009.
Studies on the activation factors of rubber biosynthesis in small rubber particles of hevea brasiliensis latex
Abstract:
Small rubber particle (SRP) was prepared from rubber in zone 2 of Hevea
brasiliensis latex by continuous steps of high-speed centrifugation at 12,000 rpm and
then 19,000 rpm for 30 min and 60 min, respectively, at 4oC. SRP was proved to be
composed of linear and active rubber molecules, so it is suitable for the in vitro rubber
biosynthesis. Washed SRP (WSRP) prepared by ultracentrifugation or gel-filtration
chromatography was used as material for synthesis of the in vitro rubber. In the
preparation of WSRP, washing serum fraction was separated from rubber fraction.
This washing serum was added back to the incubation of WSRP for testing the
activation effect. It is found that the washing serum could activate the in vitro rubber
biosynthesis.
The study was an attempt to elucidate the factors in washing serum
separated from SRP of Hevea brasiliensis latex that can give the highest IPP
incorporation into the in vitro rubber. The main activation factors were found to be
allylic diphosphates or proteins. In the testing of allylic diphosphate, thin layer
chromatography (TLC) showed that the medium-chain allylic diphosphate was not
detected in the lower fractions separated from washing serum by Microcon. In
addition, there were no differences in the activity of the butanol extracts of lower
fraction separated by TLC in each fraction. This indicates that the allylic diphosphate
could not be detected from washing serum of SRP. In the case of protein testing in
washing serum, it was investigated by heat and trypsin procedures, which are known
as good methods to degrade protein. After heat and trypsin treatments, there was no
more activity of rubber biosynthesis. This implies that the activity in SRP
predominantly resulted from the proteins. Thus, the activator protein was further
purified from washing serum by the chromatography techniques. These were anionexchange
chromatography, gel-filtration chromatography and hydroxyapatite
chromatography. It is found that the activator protein can activate the IPP
incorporation into the in vitro rubber. However, the activator protein band cannot be
detected by SDS-PAGE due to its low amount