Enzymes in Food

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Enzyme Classes and Enzyme Types

ChEFS

Lyase (EC 4). 743 items and their relationships with many Facets and Facet Terms.

ChEFS: bioactivity, Lyases (EC:4)

ChEMATIC

22,802 items and their relationships with many Facets and Facet Terms.

ChEMATIC: enzyme classes

Enzymes Added to Foods

Ontomatica integrates information about enzyme names, Enzyme Commission classification, origin of enzyme and food to which enzyme is added.

Enzyme	EC no.	Source	Food supplier use
Animal enzymes
Catalase	1.11.1.6	Liver	Food; milk, cheese, egg, beverages, salads
Lipase [1]	3.1.1.3	Pancreas	Food; cheese, fats and oil
Rennet [2]	3.4.23.4	Abomasum	Cheese
Plant enzymes
Actinidin	3.4.22.14	Kiwi fruit	Food
a-Amylase	3.2.1.1	Malted barley	Brewing
b-Amylase	3.2.1.2	Malted barley	Brewing
Bromelain	3.4.22.4	Pineapple latex	Brewing
b-Glucanase [3]	3.2.1.6	Malted barley	Brewing
Ficin	3.4.22.3	Fig latex	Food
Lipoxygenase	1.13.11.12	Soybeans	Food
Papain	3.4.22.2	Pawpaw latex	Meat
Bacterial enzymes
a-Amylase	3.2.1.1	Bacillus	Starch, Fats and oils, Cheese, Beverages, Bakery
b-Amylase	3.2.1.2	Bacillus	Starch, Beverages
Endo-b-glucanase	3.2.1.6	Bacillus	Beverages
Glucoseisomerase [4]	5.3.1.5	Bacillus	Fructose syrup, Cereal/Starch, Fruit/Vegetables, Beverages, Sugar/Honey
Hemicellulase	3.2.1.78	Bacillus	Cocoa, Chocolate, Coffee and Tea
Protease [5]	3.4.21.14	Bacillus	Meat, Fish, Soups and Broths
Pullulanase [6]	3.2.1.41	Klebsiella	Starch, Sugar and Honey, Beverages
Fungal enzymes
a-Amylase	3.2.1.1	Aspergillus	Bakery, Cereal & Starch, Fruit & Vegetable, Beverages, Sugar & Honey
Tannase	3.1.1.20	Aspergillus	Beverages
Glucoamylase [7]	3.2.1.3	Aspergillus	Starch, Fruit/Vegetable, Beverage, Sugar/Honey, Confectionery, Bakery, Dietary Foods
Catalase	1.11.1.6	Aspergillus	Food, milk, cheese, egg, salads, beverages
Cellulase	3.2.1.4	Trichoderma	Waste, Fruit and Vegetables, beverages, dietary foods
Dextranase	3.2.1.11	Penicillium	Food, Sugar and Honey
Glucoseoxidase	1.1.3.4	Aspergillus	Food, egg, beverages, salads
Lactase [8]	3.2.1.23	Aspergillus	Dairy, milk, cheese, edible ice, dietary foods
Lipase [1]	3.1.1.3	Rhizopus	Food, cheese, fats and oils
Rennet [9]	3.4.23.6	Mucormiehei	Cheese
Pectinase [10]	3.2.1.15	Aspergillus	Drinks, fats and oils, Fruit and Vegetables, fish
Pectinlyase	4.2.2.10	Aspergillus	Drinks
Protease [9]	3.4.23.6	Aspergillus	Baking
Raffinase [11]	3.2.1.22	Mortierella	Food, beverages
Yeast enzymes
Invertase [12]	3.2.1.26	Saccharomyces	Confectionery
Lactase [8]	3.2.1.23	Kluyveromyces	Dairy, milk, cheese, edible ice, dietary foods
Lipase [1]	3.1.1.3	Candida	Food, cheese, fats and oils
Raffinase [11]	3.2.1.22	Saccharomyces	Food, Sugar and Honey

[1]	(1, 2, 3) triacylglycerol lipase

[2]

chymosin

[3]	Endo-1,3(4)-b-glucanase

[4]	xylose isomerase

[5]	subtilisin

[6]	a-dextrin endo-1,6-a-glucosidase

[7]	glucan 1,4-a-glucosidase

[8]	(1, 2) b-galactosidase

[9]	(1, 2) microbial aspartic proteinase

[10]	polygalacturonase

[11]	(1, 2) a-galactosidase

[12]	b-fructofuranosidase