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Proteolytic effect of starter culture during ripening of smoked horse sausage.

ABSTRACT: In this study, we assessed the effect of bacterial and endogenous enzymes on the proteolysis of smoked horse sausage. Commercial starter culture (Staphylococcus xylosus + Lactobacillus sakei) was used in smoked horse sausage. Cathepsin B + L and cathepsin B activities, microbiological growth, pH, and water activity (aw) were measured. Based on PCR-DGGE fingerprint analyses, the starter culture inhibited endogenous bacterial growth. During ripening, the residual activity of cathepsin B + L and cathepsin B was higher in batch C (control) than in batch S (containing starter cultures). The starter and endogenous enzymes promote the degradation of sarcoplasmic and myofibrillar proteins; however, the degradation of these proteins was higher in batch S than in batch C. Therefore, bacterial enzymes played a major role in the degradation of proteins during the ripening of smoked horse sausage.

SUBMITTER: Shiling L

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6049795 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Proteolytic effect of starter culture during ripening of smoked horse sausage.

Shiling Lu L Xianna Han H Yanbin Yang Y Baokun Li L Chengjian Xu X Qingling Wang W

Food science and biotechnology 20171010 5

In this study, we assessed the effect of bacterial and endogenous enzymes on the proteolysis of smoked horse sausage. Commercial starter culture (Staphylococcus xylosus + Lactobacillus sakei) was used in smoked horse sausage. Cathepsin B + L and cathepsin B activities, microbiological growth, pH, and water activity (aw) were measured. Based on PCR-DGGE fingerprint analyses, the starter culture inhibited endogenous bacterial growth. During ripening, the residual activity ...[more]

PMID: 30263671

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Proteolytic effect of starter culture during ripening of smoked horse sausage.

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