Protease inhibitors, structure-function correlation

The interaction between proteases and their inhibitors is, at least by comparison with interactions which take place in food systems, a remarkably simple and straightforward association. Simple correlations of functional properties with different kinds of molecular forces cannot be made. It is possible, however, to illustrate the importance of protein structure and of protein—protein interactions as determinants of the functional properties of food proteins. I would like therefore to look at several food systems in which protein—protein or protein—other constituent interactions play a role and examine the relationship between functionality and protein structure in these systems. One of the simplest areas in which to examine this relationship is the well studied collagen-gelatin transition. 

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