Milk-Gelling Properties of Proteases Extracted from the Fruits of Solanum Elaeagnifolium Cavanilles

There is little information on the milk coagulation process by plant proteases combined with chymosins. This work is aimed at studying the capability of protease enclosed in the ripe fruits of Solanum elaeagnifolium (commonly named trompillo) to form milk gels by itself and in combination with chymo...

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Main Authors: Carolina Nájera-Domínguez, Néstor Gutiérrez-Méndez, Diego E. Carballo-Carballo, María Rosario Peralta-Pérez, Blanca Sánchez-Ramírez, Guadalupe Virginia Nevarez-Moorillón, Armando Quintero-Ramos, Antonio García-Triana, Efren Delgado
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Published: Wiley 2022-01-01
Series:International Journal of Food Science
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/4625959
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author Carolina Nájera-Domínguez
Néstor Gutiérrez-Méndez
Diego E. Carballo-Carballo
María Rosario Peralta-Pérez
Blanca Sánchez-Ramírez
Guadalupe Virginia Nevarez-Moorillón
Armando Quintero-Ramos
Antonio García-Triana
Efren Delgado
author_facet Carolina Nájera-Domínguez
Néstor Gutiérrez-Méndez
Diego E. Carballo-Carballo
María Rosario Peralta-Pérez
Blanca Sánchez-Ramírez
Guadalupe Virginia Nevarez-Moorillón
Armando Quintero-Ramos
Antonio García-Triana
Efren Delgado
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description There is little information on the milk coagulation process by plant proteases combined with chymosins. This work is aimed at studying the capability of protease enclosed in the ripe fruits of Solanum elaeagnifolium (commonly named trompillo) to form milk gels by itself and in combination with chymosin. For this purpose, proteases were partially purified from trompillo fruits. These proteases had a molecular weight of ~60 kDa, and results suggest cucumisin-like serine proteases, though further studies are needed to confirm this observation. Unlike chymosins, trompillo proteases had high proteolytic activity (PA=50.23 UTyr mg protein−1) and low milk-clotting activity (MCA=3658.86 SU mL−1). Consequently, the ratio of MCA/PA was lower in trompillo proteases (6.83) than in chymosins (187 to 223). Our result also showed that milk gels formed with trompillo proteases were softer (7.03 mPa s) and had a higher release of whey (31.08%) than the milk gels clotted with chymosin (~10 mPa s and ~4% of syneresis). However, the combination of trompillo proteases with chymosin sped up the gelling process (21 min), improved the firmness of milk gels (12 mPa s), and decreased the whey release from milk curds (3.41%). Therefore, trompillo proteases could be combined with chymosin to improve the cheese yield and change certain cheese features.
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spelling doaj-art-e960691c3a0a42fdad31bbd4e6a2a0222025-08-20T03:21:09ZengWileyInternational Journal of Food Science2314-57652022-01-01202210.1155/2022/4625959Milk-Gelling Properties of Proteases Extracted from the Fruits of Solanum Elaeagnifolium CavanillesCarolina Nájera-Domínguez0Néstor Gutiérrez-Méndez1Diego E. Carballo-Carballo2María Rosario Peralta-Pérez3Blanca Sánchez-Ramírez4Guadalupe Virginia Nevarez-Moorillón5Armando Quintero-Ramos6Antonio García-Triana7Efren Delgado8The Graduate SchoolThe Graduate SchoolThe Graduate SchoolThe Graduate SchoolThe Graduate SchoolThe Graduate SchoolThe Graduate SchoolThe Graduate SchoolConsumer and Environmental SciencesThere is little information on the milk coagulation process by plant proteases combined with chymosins. This work is aimed at studying the capability of protease enclosed in the ripe fruits of Solanum elaeagnifolium (commonly named trompillo) to form milk gels by itself and in combination with chymosin. For this purpose, proteases were partially purified from trompillo fruits. These proteases had a molecular weight of ~60 kDa, and results suggest cucumisin-like serine proteases, though further studies are needed to confirm this observation. Unlike chymosins, trompillo proteases had high proteolytic activity (PA=50.23 UTyr mg protein−1) and low milk-clotting activity (MCA=3658.86 SU mL−1). Consequently, the ratio of MCA/PA was lower in trompillo proteases (6.83) than in chymosins (187 to 223). Our result also showed that milk gels formed with trompillo proteases were softer (7.03 mPa s) and had a higher release of whey (31.08%) than the milk gels clotted with chymosin (~10 mPa s and ~4% of syneresis). However, the combination of trompillo proteases with chymosin sped up the gelling process (21 min), improved the firmness of milk gels (12 mPa s), and decreased the whey release from milk curds (3.41%). Therefore, trompillo proteases could be combined with chymosin to improve the cheese yield and change certain cheese features.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/4625959
spellingShingle Carolina Nájera-Domínguez
Néstor Gutiérrez-Méndez
Diego E. Carballo-Carballo
María Rosario Peralta-Pérez
Blanca Sánchez-Ramírez
Guadalupe Virginia Nevarez-Moorillón
Armando Quintero-Ramos
Antonio García-Triana
Efren Delgado
Milk-Gelling Properties of Proteases Extracted from the Fruits of Solanum Elaeagnifolium Cavanilles
International Journal of Food Science
title Milk-Gelling Properties of Proteases Extracted from the Fruits of Solanum Elaeagnifolium Cavanilles
title_full Milk-Gelling Properties of Proteases Extracted from the Fruits of Solanum Elaeagnifolium Cavanilles
title_fullStr Milk-Gelling Properties of Proteases Extracted from the Fruits of Solanum Elaeagnifolium Cavanilles
title_full_unstemmed Milk-Gelling Properties of Proteases Extracted from the Fruits of Solanum Elaeagnifolium Cavanilles
title_short Milk-Gelling Properties of Proteases Extracted from the Fruits of Solanum Elaeagnifolium Cavanilles
title_sort milk gelling properties of proteases extracted from the fruits of solanum elaeagnifolium cavanilles
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/4625959
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