| rennin | <enzyme> A proteolytic enzyme that isused to curdle milk to make cheese. Rennin is typically used in the form of rennet, a commercial preparation taken from the abomasum of young calves, but because the demand for rennin is so great, the cheese industry is increasingly turning to rennin-producing microbes such as Mucor miehei and Mucor pusillus. (25 Jun 1999) |
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| renninogen | Rennogen Synonym: prochymosin. Origin: rennin + G. -gen, producing. (05 Mar 2000) |