Lucía Feijoo-Siota, Lucía Blasco, José Luis Rodríguez-Rama, Jorge Barros-Velázquez, Trinidad de Miguel, Angeles Sánchez-Pérez, Tomás G Villa
This paper reviews the general characteristics of exo and endopeptidases of microbial origin currently used in the milk industry. It also includes recent patents developed either to potentiate the enzymatic activity or to improve the resulting milk derivatives. The main application of these proteases is in the cheese-making industry. Although this industry preferentially uses animal rennets, and in particular genetically engineered chymosins, it also utilizes milk coagulants of microbial origin. Enzymes derived from Rhizomucor miehei, Rhizomucor pusillus and Cryphonectria parasitica are currently used to replace the conventional milk-clotting enzymes...
2014: Recent Advances in DNA & Gene Sequences