| Type of Protein |
Enzyme |
| Protein name |
Inulinase |
| Companies producing this protein |
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| Function (dairy alternative, colorant, texture, taste...) |
Hydrolysis of inulin (Fernandes, 2018)
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| Target application (cheese, infant formula, meat...) |
Production of fructooligosaccharides (prebiotics) and high-fructose syrups (sweetening agents) (Mohan et al., 2018).
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| Purity requirement/purification values |
NA |
| Techno-functional properties |
Hydrolizes the β-2,1 linkage of inulin (S. Zhang et al., 2021)
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| Nutritional properties |
No real nutritional properties itself, the main nutritional properties come from the hydrolysis of inulin (see target application). |
| Advantages |
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| Challenges/risk factors |
The presence of metal ions decrease or even completely abolish the activity of the enzyme (Gill et al., 2006).
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