A mechanism for the chymosin-induced flocculation of casein micelles
Dalgleish, D.G., 1980: A mechanism for the chymosin-induced flocculation of casein micelles. Biophysical Chemistry 11(2): 147-155
The chymosin-induced flocculation of casein micelles of bovine milk can be explained and calculated in terms of 3 relationships, which are (i) the action of chymosin upon the kappa -casein of the micelles, (ii) the probability that a micelle, with a given proportion of its kappa -casein destroyed, will aggregate, and (iii) the aggregation of micelles by a Smoluchowski mechanism.