A new vegetal milk coagulating protease from ginger rhizome
was purified with a simple and efficient purification procedure.
The procedure could potentially be employed for large-scale production
of the enzyme because of the easy availability of ginger
rhizome. High milk coagulating activity coupled with capability
to hydrolyze casein enumerated that the purified enzyme could
be useful in the dairy industry both for milk coagulation, as a substitute
or in addition to calf rennet, and for the enhancement of
cheese ripening process in order to save time and costs of storage
for maturation of cheese.