Specificity and stability of the carboxypeptidase activity in ripe, ungerminated seeds of Theobroma cacao L.

Identification and characterisation of t

Identification and characterisation of the major aspartic proteinase activity in Theobroma cacao seeds

✍ Martine Guilloteau; Maryse Laloi; Stephan Michaux; Peter Bucheli; James McCarthy 📂 Article 📅 2005 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 399 KB

## Abstract __Theobroma cacao__ seeds contain an unusually high level of aspartic proteinase activity. Although this activity is central to the development of high‐quality cocoa flavour, the __T cacao__ polypeptide responsible has not yet been definitively identified. Here we report the identificat