Engineering a cardosin B-derived rennet for sheep and goat cheese manufacture

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 269-281

  Almeida, Carla Malaquias ^a   Gomes, David ^b   Faro, Carlos ^a,c   Simões, Isaura ^a,c,d  

^a Biocant Biotechnology Innovation Center   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^d Biocant Parque Tecnológico de Cantanhede   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Aspartic protease; Cardosins; Cheese; Cynara cardunculus; Kluyveromyces lactis; Plant; Rennet; Vegetable

Indexed keywords

COAGULATION; DAIRIES; ENZYMES; MANUFACTURE; VEGETABLES;

ASPARTIC PROTEASE; CARDOSINS; CYNARA CARDUNCULUS; KLUYVEROMYCES LACTIS; PLANT; RENNET;

CHEESES;

ASPARTIC PROTEINASE; ASPARTIC PROTEINASES, CYNARA CARDUNCULUS; CHYMOSIN; RENNET; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; CHEESE; CYNARA; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYMOLOGY; FOOD CONTROL; GENETICS; GOAT; HYDROLYSIS; KLUYVEROMYCES; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PH; PROCEDURES; SHEEP; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; ASPARTIC ACID ENDOPEPTIDASES; CHEESE; CHYMOSIN; CYNARA; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GOATS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; HYDROLYSIS; KLUYVEROMYCES; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SHEEP; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84920710268     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-014-5902-5     Document Type: Article

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