Rennin vs. Chymosin

Renninnoun

(enzyme) A proteolytic enzyme, obtained from the gastric juice of the abomasum of calves, used to coagulate milk and make cheese.

Chymosinnoun

(enzyme) The proteolytic enzyme rennin

Renninnoun

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.

Chymosinnoun

an enzyme that occurs in gastric juice; causes milk to coagulate

Renninnoun

an enzyme that occurs in gastric juice; causes milk to coagulate

Chymosin

Chymosin or rennin is a protease found in rennet. It is an aspartic endopeptidase belonging to MEROPS A1 family.