The contents of insoluble protein nitrogen, water soluble protein nitrogen anti peptides´ nitrogen were determined of the samples which were taken in seven and half hours intervals during soybean-koji preparation to study changes of soybean protein, and the contents of total nitrogen and amino nitrogen were measured for the fractions resulting from molecular sieving by using Dowex 50 having various cross linkages for the peptides from soybean-koji extracts.
As the results of the studies, The followings were obtained:
1. The contents of insoluble protein nitrogen and peptides´ nitrogen are fairy constant at the earlier stage, where the former decreased and the latter increased markedly as mycelia grow, then rate of the decreases and the increases of them become lower at later stage after sporulation.
The contents of water soluble protein are also constant at the earlier stage until covering of mycelia over the koji and increased since then until the stage of sporulation and then decreased at the later stage.
2. The amount of peptides nitrogen in each fraction obtained Lay the molecular sieving was almost constant at the earlier stage and the values in fractions of X-16, X-12, X-8. X-4 and X-2 increased considerably together as mycelia grow. Then the values in the fractions showed almost plateaux, after sporulalion, where the effluent fraction showed markedly increased values throughout mycelia growth.
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