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A calorimetric study of the thermal denaturation of whey proteins in simulated milk ultrafiltrate

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 June 2009

M. Rüegg
Affiliation:
Federal Dairy Research Institute, 3097 Liebefeld, Bern, Switzerland
Ursula Moor
Affiliation:
Federal Dairy Research Institute, 3097 Liebefeld, Bern, Switzerland
B. Blanc
Affiliation:
Federal Dairy Research Institute, 3097 Liebefeld, Bern, Switzerland

Summary

Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) was used to study thermal transitions of the following whey proteins and enzymes in milk ultrafiltrate solution: β-lactoglobulin, α-lactalbumin, serum albumin, γ-globulin, apo- and Fe-lactoferrin, lysozyme, ribonuclease, α-chymotrypsin and xanthine oxidase. Denaturation enthalpies (ΔHD), denaturation temperatures (TD) and the half width of the denaturation peaks in DSC thermograms (ΔT½D) were determined and the degree of renaturation was estimated by rescanning previously denatured samples. A fair correlation between the results obtained by DSC and other more classical methods was found in general. However, for some proteins (α-lactalbumin, lysozyme, ribonuclease and xanthine oxidase), which have so far been considered relatively thermostable, calorimetry reveals conformational changes starting at temperatures as low as about 45 °C. In these cases thermostability observed after heat treatment of milk should be interpreted in terms of renaturation and not of high temperatures of denaturation.

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Copyright © Proprietors of Journal of Dairy Research 1977

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