Abstract:Membrane-bound polyphenol oxidase (mPPO) in Fuji apple (Malus domestica Borkh. cv. Red Fuji) (mPPO) accounted for about 90% of apple polyphenol oxidase, while there was little knowledge about mPPO properties and functions. In this paper, we analyzed bioinformatics of mPPO (including amino acid composition and properties, secondary structure, trans-membrane structure, subcellular localization, etc.) based on the prophase of mPPO primary sequence, using prediction technology, in order to provide new ideas to study mPPO structure and provide a theoretical basis for exploring the role of mPPO in apple postharvest physiology. The results showed that: the highest level of amino acid content in mPPO was Thr(8.7%), followed by the Asp (7.8%) and Leu (7.8%). There were no Pyl and Sec. Histidine (His) Play an important role on mPPO function while its content is just 2.5%. From the result of amino acid composition, the proportion of hydrophobic amino acids in mPPO was above 40% and the exposed surfaces (exposed) residues was 45.74%. Theory of mPPO stability index was 41.72, which indicates that the mPPO was an unstable protein. The secondary structure of mPPO showed that the alpha helix was 18.67%, and beta folding structure content was 23.33%, the rest of the random coil was 58.00%. mPPO protein did not contain 310 spiral, spiral, Pi beta bridge, beta Angle, bending structure, and other structures. The calculation of sub-cellular localization indicated that mPPO from Fuji was a hydrophobic membrane protein in chloroplast with a 39 amino acid residues signal peptide and two extracellular membrane peptides (82-97 for N-, 548-567 for C-).