FOOD SCIENCE ›› 2017, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (24): 34-39.doi: 10.7506/spkx1002-6630-201724006

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Formation of Protein Hydrolysate and Its Influencing Factors during the Post-Fermentation of Mucor-Type Douchi, a Chinese Traditional Fermented Soybean Product

YANG Yilei, LI Mengdan, LIU Jin, CHEN Lili, JIANG Liwen   

  1. (1. College of Food Science and Technology, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, China; 2. Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Food Science and Biotechnology, Changsha 410128, China)
  • Online:2017-12-25 Published:2017-12-07

Abstract: This study analyzed the change of protein and its hydrolysate during the post-fermentation of Mucor-type douchi by SDS-PAGE and reversed-phase liquid chromatography (RP-LC). The correlation of free amino acid content with different chemical components and browning intensity was analyzed, and the extracellular enzymes from Mucor were semi-quantitatively detected by the API ZYM system. The results showed that the molecular weight of the final protein hydrolysate was mainly distributed in the range of 11–20 kD. The molecular weight of proteins was reduced rapidly at the early stage (from day 0 to 7), and the polypeptide composition changed greatly. The polypeptide content changed from day 7 to 42. The formation of free amino acids had the highest correlation with the total acid content with a correlation coefficient of 0.972, followed sequentially by the browning intensity and reducing sugar. Using the API ZYM system we detected 6 extracellular enzymes from Mucor.

Key words: Mucor-type douchi, protein, hydrolysate, API ZYM system

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