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Plasmin Activity in UHT Milk: Relationship between Proteolysis, Age Gelation, and Bitterness

Rauh, Valentin M. ; Johansen, Lene B. ; Ipsen, Richard ; Paulsson, Marie LU ; Larsen, Lotte B. and Hammershoj, Marianne (2014) In Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 62(28). p.6852-6860
Abstract
Plasmin, the major indigenous protease in milk, is linked to quality defects in dairy products. The specificity of plasmin on caseins has previously been studied using purified caseins and in the indigenous peptide profile of milk. We investigated the specificity and proteolytic pathway of plasmin in directly heated UHT milk (>150 degrees C for <0.2 s) during 14 weeks of storage at 20 degrees C in relation to age gelation and bitter peptides. Sixty-six peptides from alpha(s)- and beta-caseins could be attributed to plasmin activity during the storage period, of which 23 were potentially bitter. Plasmin exhibited the highest affinity for the hydrophilic regions in the caseins that most probably were exposed to the serum phase and the... (More)
Plasmin, the major indigenous protease in milk, is linked to quality defects in dairy products. The specificity of plasmin on caseins has previously been studied using purified caseins and in the indigenous peptide profile of milk. We investigated the specificity and proteolytic pathway of plasmin in directly heated UHT milk (>150 degrees C for <0.2 s) during 14 weeks of storage at 20 degrees C in relation to age gelation and bitter peptides. Sixty-six peptides from alpha(s)- and beta-caseins could be attributed to plasmin activity during the storage period, of which 23 were potentially bitter. Plasmin exhibited the highest affinity for the hydrophilic regions in the caseins that most probably were exposed to the serum phase and the least affinity for hydrophobic or phosphorylated regions. The proteolytic pattern observed suggests that plasmin destabilizes the casein micelle by hydrolyzing casein casein and casein calcium phosphate interaction sites, which may subsequently cause age gelation in UHT milk (Less)
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age gelation, bitterness, casein, plasmin, proteolysis, UHT milk
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Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
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62
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28
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6852 - 6860
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The American Chemical Society (ACS)
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0021-8561
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10.1021/jf502088u
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English
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  author       = {{Rauh, Valentin M. and Johansen, Lene B. and Ipsen, Richard and Paulsson, Marie and Larsen, Lotte B. and Hammershoj, Marianne}},
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  keywords     = {{age gelation; bitterness; casein; plasmin; proteolysis; UHT milk}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{28}},
  pages        = {{6852--6860}},
  publisher    = {{The American Chemical Society (ACS)}},
  series       = {{Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry}},
  title        = {{Plasmin Activity in UHT Milk: Relationship between Proteolysis, Age Gelation, and Bitterness}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jf502088u}},
  doi          = {{10.1021/jf502088u}},
  volume       = {{62}},
  year         = {{2014}},
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