Todarodes pacificus

Miyazawa, H., Fukamachi, H., Inagaki, Y., Reese, G., Daul, C.B., Lehrer, S.B., Inouye, S., Sakaguchi, M. 1996. Identification of the first major allergen of a squid (Todarodes pacificus). Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology 98(5) 948-953. 

Molecular and enzymatic properties of serine carboxypeptidase (EC.3.4.1.6.1, CPase Top), isolated and refined from the common squid (Todarodes pacificus) liver, were studied. It was found that this enzyme reacts well at the C-terminal position of peptides having hydrophobic amino acids. Because of this property, it was anticipated that this enzyme would have the effect of eliminating bitterness of some peptides. This enzyme was used on bitter peptides prepared by hydrolysis of proteins with pepsin and trypsin. It was found that this CPase Top can eliminate bitter peptides prepared from soy protein and com gluten. 

Some unusual dimethylarsinic acid-containing arseno-lipids have been found in the flying squid, Todarodes pacificus, which is widely consumed in Japan (Ninh, Nagashima, and Shiomi, 2007). 

Ninh, T.D., Nagashima, Y, and Shiomi, K. (2007) Water-soluble and lipid-soluble arsenic compounds in Japanese flying squid Todarodes pacificus.J. Agric. Food Chem., 55, 3196-3202. 

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