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2 . 2017

The study of the process of enzymatic hydrolysis of yeast biomass to generate food ingredients with the specified fractional composition of protein substances

Abstract

With the use of enzyme systems (ES) the directed biocatalytic destruction of subcel-lular structures of the yeast biomass Saccharomyces cerevisiaе has been conducted for obtaining products of the specified structural-fractional composition. The composi­tion of ES-1 included the enzymes catalyzing the hydrolysis of cell wall polysaccharides of yeast. Enzymes were dosed out at the rate of β-glucanase - 300 units of β-GcS/g of yeast, mannanase - 28.9 units of MS/g of yeast. ES-2, along with the enzymatic composition of ES-1, also contained a proteolytic complex, which included enzymes of bacterial origin, which were neutral, serine and metal-depended proteases (in a dosage of 2 units of PS/g of yeast). ES-3 consisted of the enzymes with β-glucanase, mannanase, proteolytic activities and was further reinforced by high dose of proteases of fungal origin (10 units PS/g of yeast) for the implementation of deep hydrolysis of protein substances of yeast cell protoplasm to low molecular weight peptides and free amino acids. The action of enzymatic systems with different substrate specificity on the degree of destruction of subcellular structures of yeast was illustrated by electron microscopy. The result­ing degradation products had different fractional composition and structural features. The results showed that ES-1 treatment of yeast led to deformation of the cell walls, but did not affect the composition of the protein fractions, represented by peptides with different molecular weight (20-60 kDa) that were characteristic for the starting mate­rial. The use of ES-2 has provided a deeper degradation of the protein-polysaccharide matrix of the cell walls and partial hydrolysis of proteins with the formation of soluble protein components with molecular weight less than 14 kDa. ES-3 treatment of yeast cells allowed to obtain composition with predominant content (89%) of free amino acids and short peptides with molecular weight up to 300 Da. The efficacy of targeted destruction of subcellular structures of Saccharomyces cerevisiae with getting of fermentation biomass with the specified fractional composition of protein substances for the production of food ingredients with special functional effects has been shown.

Keywords:yeast biomass, enzymatic hydrolysis, peptides, amino acids, enzymes, food ingredients

Voprosy pitaniia [Problems of Nutrition]. 2017; 86 (2): 76-83. doi: 10.24411/0042-8833-2017-00036.

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Viktor A. Tutelyan
Full Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor, Scientific Director of the Federal Research Centre of Nutrition, Biotechnology and Food Safety (Moscow, Russia)

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