Plasmin System and Microbial Proteases in Milk: Characteristics, Roles, and Relationship
- 4 September 2002
- journal article
- review article
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
- Vol. 50 (22), 6628-6634
- https://doi.org/10.1021/jf0201881
Abstract
Proteolysis of milk proteins can be attributed to both native proteases and the proteases produced by psychrotrophic bacteria during storage of fresh raw milk. These proteases cause beneficial or detrimental changes, depending on the specific milk product. Plasmin, the major native protease in milk, is important for cheese ripening. Milk storage and cheese-making conditions can affect the level of plasmin in the casein and whey fractions of milk. A microbial protease from a psychrotrophic microorganism can indirectly increase plasmin levels in the casein curd. This relationship between the plasmin system and microbial proteases in milk provides a means to control levels of plasmin to benefit the quality of dairy products. This paper is a short review of both the plasmin system and microbial proteases, focusing on their characteristics and relationship and how the quality of dairy products is affected by their proteolysis of milk proteins. Keywords: Bovine milk; plasmin; psychrotrophs; proteases; cheese; whey protein concentratesKeywords
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