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Title: | Factors contributing to proteolysis and disruption of myofibrillar proteins and the impact on tenderisation in beef and sheep meat | Contributor(s): | Hopkins, David L (author); Thompson, John Mitchell (author) | Publication Date: | 2002 | DOI: | 10.1071/AR01079 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/2773 | Abstract: | This review seeks to examine the current theories of tenderisation with respect to red meat where tenderisation is defined as the reduction in toughness 'post-rigor'. This examination is in the light of recent research on meat biochemistry, and from this, areas of research that may prove fruitful are highlighted. Based on available data, the major candidate to explain tenderisation 'post-rigor' is the calpain protease system. Evidence that change in the binding of actomyosin (the complex of contractile proteins formed at 'rigor') or cleavage of myofibrillar proteins due to... ions contributes to tenderisation is far from compelling. Equally it appears that the cathepsin proteases are unlikely to have a role in early post-mortem cleavage of proteins (proteolysis) and thus tenderisation. The mode of action of the calpains is not yet fully defined and questions remain as to the role of m-calpain given the in vitro requirement for... ion concentration exceeding that observed in 'post-mortem' muscle. The existence of the calpains in living muscle and other tissues suggests a mode of action more subtle than currently thought. Additionally, the observation that the degradation of myofibrillar proteins occurs in the presence of effective synthetic and natural calpain inhibitors suggests that other enzymes may also have a role in tenderisation. Inevitably, the accumulated evidence points to a complex system likely to involve interacting proteases and ions, and only through open minded investigation with reliance on developments in the medical and biochemical fields will a more complete model of tenderisation be developed. | Publication Type: | Journal Article | Source of Publication: | Australian Journal of Agricultural Research, 53(2), p. 149-166 | Publisher: | CSIRO Publishing | Place of Publication: | Australia | ISSN: | 1444-9838 0004-9409 1836-5795 1836-0947 |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 070299 Animal Production not elsewhere classified | Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 830301 Beef Cattle | Peer Reviewed: | Yes | HERDC Category Description: | C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal | Publisher/associated links: | http://nla.gov.au/anbd.bib-an2856653 |
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