an enzyme that occurs in gastric juice and is a constituent of rennet. It coagulates milk by converting caseinogen to casein
Also called: chymosin
Word origin
C20: from rennet + -in
Examples of 'chymosin' in a sentence
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There are several obstacles to the use of chymosin in cheese production.
Anna Carolina da Silva, Talita Camila Evaristo da Silva Nascimento, Sheylla Araújoda Silva, Polyanna Nunes Herculano, Keila Aparecida Moreira 2013, 'Potential of quixaba (Sideroxylon obtusifolium) latex as a milk-clotting agent', Food Science and Technologyhttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0101-20612013000300017&lng=en&tlng=en. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The findings showed that chymosin had weak proteolytic activity on αs2-casein.
Anne Pihlanto-Leppälä, Eero Pahkala, Minna Kahala, Veijo Antila 1993, 'Hydrolysis of αs2-casein in solution by chymosin, plasmin, trypsin and Lactobacillus-proteinases',Agricultural and Food Sciencehttps://journal.fi/afs/article/view/72480. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
It was used two different chymosin rennet.
Roman Pytel, Květoslava Šustová, Vojtěch Kumbár, Šárka Nedomová 2016, 'A comparison of the determination of the rennet coagulation properties of bovine milk',Potravinarstvohttp://www.potravinarstvo.com/journal1/index.php/potravinarstvo/article/view/604. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Chymosin can be a very useful agent for improvement of functional properties of isolates.
Nikola Ristić, Milica Pavlićević, Ognjen Maćej, Slađana Stanojević, Mirjana Pešić,Slavica Čabrilo, Miroljub Barać 2011, 'Functional Properties of Pea (Pisum sativum, L.) Protein Isolates Modified with Chymosin',International Journal of Molecular Scienceshttp://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/12/12/8372/. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
These peptides were produced by the activity of digestive or microbial protease such as trypsin, pepsin, chymosin or alcalase.
Eni Kusumaningtyas 2013, 'The Role Of Milk Peptide As Antimicrobial Agent In Supporting Health Status', Wartazoahttp://medpub.litbang.pertanian.go.id/index.php/wartazoa/article/view/716/725. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)