ren·nin (r n  n)n. An enzyme that catalyzes the coagulation of milk, found in the gastric juice of the fourth stomach of young ruminants and used in making cheeses and junkets. Also called chymosin, rennet. |
rennin [ˈrɛnɪn]
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(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biochemistry) an enzyme that occurs in gastric juice and is a constituent of rennet. It coagulates milk by converting caseinogen to casein Also called chymosin
[from rennet + -in]
| rennin (rnn) An enzyme that catalyzes the coagulation of milk. Rennin is found in the gastric juice of the fourth stomach of young ruminants and is used in making cheese. Also called chymosin. |
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| Noun | 1. | rennin - an enzyme that occurs in gastric juice; causes milk to coagulate gastric acid, gastric juice - digestive secretions of the stomach glands consisting chiefly of hydrochloric acid and mucin and the enzymes pepsin and rennin and lipase enzyme - any of several complex proteins that are produced by cells and act as catalysts in specific biochemical reactions coagulase - an enzyme that induces coagulation rennet - a substance that curdles milk in making cheese and junket |
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