title: Construction and potential application of controlled autolytic systems for Lactobacillus casei in cheese manufacture.
abstract: The rapid release of intracellular enzymes into the curd by the autolysis of lactic acid bacteria starters is universally recognized as a critical biological process to accelerate cheese ripening. Lactobacillus casei is typically the dominant nonstarter lactic acid bacterium in the ripening cheese. In this study, two controlled autolytic systems were established in L. casei BL23, based on the exploitation of the autolysins sourced from Lactococcus lactis (AcmA) and Enterococcus faecalis (AtlA). The lysis abilities of the systems were demonstrated both in broth and a model cheese, in which a fivefold increase in lactate dehydrogenase activity was detected in the curd with sufficient viable starter cells being maintained, indicating that they could lead to the timely release of intracellular enzymes.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, 27 Shanda South Road, Jinan 250100, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Yi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Jian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kong
mesh_terms: D001329:Autolysis; D002611:Cheese / Q000382:microbiology*; D005511:Food Handling / Q000379:methods*; D005516:Food Microbiology; D005524:Food Technology; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase / Q000378:metabolism*; D007780:Lacticaseibacillus casei / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000502:physiology; D008954:Models, Biological
chemical_list: D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase