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Casein

The main phosphoprotein of milk, about 80% of milk protein, existing as micelles stabilised by κ-casein. Precipitates at pH 4.6 or on rennet action.

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The protein that curdles when lemon juice is added to hot milk to make paneer or cheese; also why milk clots when it reaches an acidic stomach.

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