Interactions and effects of food additive dye Allura red on pepsin structure and protease activity; experimental and computational supports

• Main Authors: Fatemeh Balaei (Author), Mohabbat Ansari (Author), Negin Farhadian (Author), Sajad Moradi (Author), Mohsen Shahlaei (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background and purpose: Today, color additives such as Allura red (AR) are widely used in different kinds of food products. Pepsin is a globular protein that is secreted as a digestive protease from the main cells in the stomach. Because of the important role of pepsin in protein digestion and becau...