Characterization of "lettucine": A serine-like protease from Lactuca sativa leaves, as a novel enzyme for milk clotting

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 2439-2443

  Lo Piero, Angela R ^a   Puglisi, Ivana ^a   Petrone, Goffredo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Lactuca sativa; Milk clotting; Plant rennet; Protease; SDS PAGE

Indexed keywords

BETA CASEIN; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; CASEIN; CHYMOSIN; LETTUCINE; MILK FAT; MILK PROTEIN; PROTEINASE; RENNET; SERINE PROTEINASE; TRYPTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; ENZYMOLOGY; HYDROLYSIS; LETTUCE; METABOLISM; MICELLE; MILK; NONHUMAN; PH; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT LEAF; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALIA; LACTUCA; LACTUCA SATIVA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; CASEINS; CHYMOSIN; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; HYDROLYSIS; LETTUCE; MILK; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0037051526     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf011269k     Document Type: Article

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