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An acid protease having milk clotting activity has been isolated fromMucor bacilliformis cultures. The enzyme was basically purified by ionic exchange chromatography. An average yield of 29 mg purified product was obtained from 100 mL crude extract. As purity criteria, SDS-PAGE, reverse-phase HPLC, and N-terminal analysis were performed. The protease is a protein composed of a single polypeptide chain with glycine at the N-terminus. The mol wt is approx 32,000, and its amino acid composition is very similar to those of other fungal proteases. As expected, its clotting activity was drastically inhibited by pepstatin A action. On the other hand, its instability against heat treatment and its clotting/proteolytic activity ratio indicate that it may be considered as a potential substitute for bovine chymosin. Index Entries:Mucor bacilliformis protease; milk clotting enzyme; acid protease; fungal protease; aspartyl protease.
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Areces, L.B., Bonino, M.B.D.J., Parry, M.A.A. et al. Purification and Characterization of a Milk Clotting Protease fromMucor bacilliformis . Appl Biochem Biotechnol 37, 283–294 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02788880
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