chymosin

Noun

Meaning

an enzyme that occurs in gastric juice; causes milk to coagulate

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

rennet coagulant renin polymerase amylase rennin lipase diastase streptokinase renneting renneted

Hypernyms

enzyme coagulase

Phrases with the word

chymosin-containing

Examples

The genetically modified microorganism is killed after fermentation and chymosin isolated from the fermentation broth, so that the fermentation-produced chymosin (FPC) used by cheese producers does not contain a GMO or any GMO DNA. Source: Internet

FPC is chymosin B, so is more pure than animal rennet, which contains a multitude of proteins. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

chymistry chymopapain chymoplasm chymosin-containing chymosinogen chymostatin