title: Analysis of extracellular proteins of Aspergillus oryzae grown on soy sauce koji.
abstract: Aspergillus oryzae AS 3.951 is widely used in Chinese soy sauce manufacture, but little is known about the profiles of the extracellular proteins from the culture of soybean koji. In this study, we carried out MALDI-TOF/TOF MS analysis of extracellular proteins during koji culture. Besides well-known proteins (TAA and Oryzin), a variety of aminopeptidase and proteases were identical at the proteome level. This suggests that A. oryzae AS 3.951 has a powerful capacity to digest soybean protein.
authors.affiliation: College of Bioscience and Bioengineering, South China University of Technology.
authors.forename: Yanchang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liang
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pan
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Lin
mesh_terms: D000626:Aminopeptidases; D001236:Aspergillus oryzae / Q000737:chemistry*; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000032:analysis*; D010447:Peptide Hydrolases; D040901:Proteomics; D045730:Soy Foods / Q000382:microbiology*; D019032:Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization
chemical_list: D005656:Fungal Proteins; D010447:Peptide Hydrolases; D000626:Aminopeptidases