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PROPERTIES OF YEAST PROTEINASES
Author(s) -
Fukal L.,
Káš J.,
Rauch P.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
journal of the institute of brewing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.523
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 2050-0416
pISSN - 0046-9750
DOI - 10.1002/j.2050-0416.1986.tb04423.x
Subject(s) - yeast , thermolabile , biochemistry , pepsin , trypsin , chemistry , proteolytic enzymes , enzyme , proteolysis , food science , brewing , biology , fermentation
The properties of yeast proteinases, present in the extract of brewer's yeast, were compared with corresponding properties of plant proteinases, pepsin and trypsin in order to find suitable conditions for their activities to be determined independently. The main differences between yeast and plant proteinases were found in their themostability and activity at pH 3·0. In contrast to plant proteinases, yeast proteinases are thermolabile and active at pH 3·0. The proteolytic activity of yeast proteinases in beer is low and may be detected with sensitive methods using radiolabelled protein substrate. Nevertheless, a very wide range of proteolytic activities (67–1082 nkat/litre) was found in samples of unpasteurized beers.