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Cheesemaking enzyme
Answer for the clue "Cheesemaking enzyme ", 6 letters:
rennin
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context enzyme English) A proteolytic enzyme, obtained from the gastric juice of the abomasum of calves, used to coagulate milk and make cheese.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. an enzyme that occurs in gastric juice; causes milk to coagulate [syn: chymosin ]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
milk-curdling enzyme, 1897, from rennet + -in (2).
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Rennin \Ren"nin\ (r[e^]n"n[i^]n), n. (Biochem.) A milk-clotting enzyme obtained from the true stomach (abomasum) of a suckling calf. Mol. wt. about 31,000. Also called chymosin , rennase , and abomasal enzyme . --[Merck Man. 11]
Usage examples of rennin.
The necessity of a milk-curding enzyme, somewhat similar to the rennin of the gastric juice, is not understood.