Initial stage of cheese production: A molecular modeling study of bovine and camel chymosin complexed with peptides from the chymosin-sensitive region of κ-casein

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 59, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 5636-5647

  Sørensen, Jesper ^a,b   Palmer, David S ^b,d   Qvist, Karsten Bruun ^c   Schiøtt, Birgit ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c CHR HANSEN A S   (Denmark)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MATHEMATICS IN THE SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

casein; Chymosin; Homology modeling; Molecular dynamics

Indexed keywords

ARGININE RESIDUE; BINDING POCKETS; CHARGE REPULSION; CHYMOSIN; HOMOLOGY MODELING; INITIAL STAGES; LYSINE RESIDUES; MILK PROTEIN; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; MOLECULAR MODELING STUDIES; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; SPECIFIC BONDS;

AMINO ACIDS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MODELING; PEPTIDES;

CASEIN;

CASEIN; CHYMOSIN; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAMEL; CATTLE; CHEESE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CAMELS; CASEINS; CATTLE; CHEESE; CHYMOSIN; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

BOVINAE;

EID: 79957953960     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: 15205118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf104898w     Document Type: Article

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