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SUBMITTER: Vidmar B
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6233012 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Food technology and biotechnology 20180901 3
Keratin is a complex and structurally stable protein found in human and animal hard tissues, such as feathers, wool, hair, hoof and nails. Some of these, like feathers and wool, represent one of the main sources of protein-rich waste with significant potential to be transformed into value-added products such as feed, fertilizers or bioenergy. A major limitation impeding valorization of keratinous substrates is their recalcitrant structure and resistance to hydrolysis by common proteases. However ...[more]