| Activating Compound | Comment | Organism | Structure |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ba2+ | highly activating | Alces alces alces | |
| Ca2+ | activates, dependence of milk-clotting activity on the concentration of calcium chloride. Ca2+ partially shields the negative charge of the C-terminal regions of kappa-casein, which form a hair layer on the surface of casein micelles. As a result, the Phe105-Met106 bond becomes more accessible to attack from the milk-clotting enzyme. Second, Ca2+ is involved in the formation of ionic bridges between destabilized micelles, which accelerates their aggregation and the formation of a milk clot. The addition of CaCl2 is widely used in the cheese making to improve the technological properties of rennet-lean milk | Alces alces alces | |
| Co2+ | activates | Alces alces alces | |
| Cu2+ | slightly activating | Alces alces alces | |
| Fe2+ | highly activating | Alces alces alces | |
| Mg2+ | activates | Alces alces alces | |
| Mn2+ | highly activating | Alces alces alces | |
| additional information | introduction of Mg2+, Zn2+, Co2+, Ba2+, Fe2+, Mn2+, Ca2+, and Cu2+ into milk activates the coagulation ability of moose chymosin | Alces alces alces | |
| Zn2+ | activates | Alces alces alces |
| Cloned (Comment) | Organism |
|---|---|
| gene CYM, recombinant enzyme expression in Kluyveromyces lactis strain GG799 from plasmid pSVB-Alc, recombinant enzyme expression in Escherichia coli | Alces alces alces |
| Protein Variants | Comment | Organism |
|---|---|---|
| additional information | moose recombinant chymosin with a milk-clotting activity of 86 AU/ml is synthesized in the Kluyveromyces lactis expression system | Alces alces alces |
| Inhibitors | Comment | Organism | Structure |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ni2+ | introduction of Ni2+ into milk inhibits the coagulation ability of moose chymosin | Alces alces alces |
| KM Value [mM] | KM Value Maximum [mM] | Substrate | Comment | Organism | Structure |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| additional information | - |
additional information | Michaelis-Menten kinetics | Alces alces alces | |
| 0.00469 | - |
kappa-casein | pH 5.65, 35°C, recombinant enzyme | Alces alces alces |
| Localization | Comment | Organism | GeneOntology No. | Textmining |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| extracellular | - |
Alces alces alces | - |
- |
| Natural Substrates | Organism | Comment (Nat. Sub.) | Natural Products | Comment (Nat. Pro.) | Rev. | Reac. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| kappa-casein + H2O | Alces alces alces | milk-clotting | ? | - |
? |
| Organism | UniProt | Comment | Textmining |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alces alces alces | A0A8E3Z7B9 | - |
- |
| Posttranslational Modification | Comment | Organism |
|---|---|---|
| proteolytic modification | zymogen activation takes place in an acidic environment involving cleavage of the N-terminal 42-residue propeptide that blocks the enzyme active site. As a result, prochymosin is transformed into the active enzyme, chymosin (Chn) | Alces alces alces |
| Specific Activity Minimum [µmol/min/mg] | Specific Activity Maximum [µmol/min/mg] | Comment | Organism |
|---|---|---|---|
| additional information | - |
the crude recombinant chymosin has a milk-clotting activity of 86 AU/ml, purified genetically engineered moose chymosin has a specific milk-clotting activity of 15768 AU/mg | Alces alces alces |
| Substrates | Comment Substrates | Organism | Products | Comment (Products) | Rev. | Reac. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| kappa-casein + H2O | milk-clotting | Alces alces alces | ? | - |
? |
| Synonyms | Comment | Organism |
|---|---|---|
| Chn | - |
Alces alces alces |
| CYM | - |
Alces alces alces |
| MCE | - |
Alces alces alces |
| milk-clotting enzyme | - |
Alces alces alces |
| rChn-Alc-KL | - |
Alces alces alces |
| Temperature Optimum [°C] | Temperature Optimum Maximum [°C] | Comment | Organism |
|---|---|---|---|
| 50 | 55 | recombinant enzyme | Alces alces alces |
| Temperature Minimum [°C] | Temperature Maximum [°C] | Comment | Organism |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | 55 | activity range | Alces alces alces |
| Temperature Stability Minimum [°C] | Temperature Stability Maximum [°C] | Comment | Organism |
|---|---|---|---|
| 55 | - |
active up to, complete inactivation at 60°C | Alces alces alces |
| Turnover Number Minimum [1/s] | Turnover Number Maximum [1/s] | Substrate | Comment | Organism | Structure |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 98.69 | - |
kappa-casein | pH 5.65, 35°C, recombinant enzyme | Alces alces alces |
| pH Optimum Minimum | pH Optimum Maximum | Comment | Organism |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.65 | - |
assay at | Alces alces alces |
| kcat/KM Value [1/mMs-1] | kcat/KM Value Maximum [1/mMs-1] | Substrate | Comment | Organism | Structure |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21042.6 | - |
kappa-casein | pH 5.65, 35°C, recombinant enzyme | Alces alces alces |