Purification and characterisation of two extracellular acid proteinases from Monascus pilosus

Food Chemistry

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1216-1224

  Lakshman, P L Nilantha ^a   Toyokawa, Yoichi ^a   Toyama, Hirohide ^b   Taira, Toki ^b   Yasuda, Masaaki ^b  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acid proteinase; Glycoprotein; Monascus pilosus; Pepsin like enzyme; Tofuyo

Indexed keywords

ACID PROTEINASE; GLYCOPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MONASCUS; MONASCUS PILOSUS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

FUNGI; MONASCUS; MONASCUS PILOSUS;

EID: 77949487742     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2010.02.007     Document Type: Article

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