• Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
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• v.17 no.3
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• pp.233-241
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• 1988

In order to develop a new type of food source for the effective utilization of fish protein, plastein reaction was applied to improve the functional properties of sardine protein. Conditions necessary for optimal plastein productivity from sardine protein using pepsin, ${\alpha}-chymotrypsin$, protease(from Aspergillus saitoi) and papain were established. Sardine protein concentrate was hydrolyzed with pepsin yielding an approximate degree of hydrolysis of 78.4%. Enzyme induced plastein was optimized at : pH 4 for pepsin, pH 7 for ${\alpha}-chymotrypsin$, pH 5 for pretense and pH 6 for papain : Substrate concentrate 40% for pepsin and ${\alpha}-chymotrypsin$, 50% for pretense and papain : the time of incubation, 24hr : enzyme/substrate ratio, 1 : 100(w/v) incubation temperature, $50^{\circ}C$.

• Korean Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• v.20 no.4
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• pp.282-292
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• 1987

In order to exploit a new type of food source, enzamatically modified hydrolysates and the plasteins synthesized from the filefish (Nevoden modestus) protein hydrolysates by plastein reaction were investigated. The optimum conditions for enzymatic hydrolysis of filefish muscle and synthesis of plasteins using papain, pepsin, $\alpha-chymotrypsin$ and protease (from Streptomyces griceus) were determined. The optimum temperature and pH for the hydrolysis of filefish muscle by papain, pepsin, $\alpha-chymotrypsin$ and protease were $50^{\circ}C,\;40^{\circ}C,\;55^{\circ}C\;and\;50^{\circ}C$; and 6, 2, 7 and 8, respectively. Those for incubation time and enzyme concentration were 4hr, $0.5\%$ for papain and protease, 24hrs $1.0\%$ for pepsin and $\alpha-chymotrypsin$. The pepsin was found to be more reasonable substrate for plastein synthesis from the economic point of view. The enzyme-induced plastein reaction could be optimized, namely, pH 4 for pepsin, pH 7 for $\alpha-chymotrypsin$, pH 6 for papain and protease: substrate concentration $40\%$ for pepsin, $\alpha-chymotrypsin$ and protease, $50\%$ for papain; the time of incubation, 24hr; enzyme/substrate ratio, 1 : 100(W/V) ; incubation temperature, $50^{\circ}C$.