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Rates of proteolysis in the rumen of the soluble proteins casein, Fraction I (18S) leaf protein, bovine serum albumin and bovine submaxillary mucoprotein

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2007

J. H. A. Nugent ,
W. T. Jones ,
D. J. Jordan  and
J. L. Mangan
J. H. A. Nugent
Affiliation:
Biochemistry Department, ARC Institute of Animal Physiology, Babraham, Cambridge CB2 4AT
W. T. Jones
Affiliation:
Biochemistry Department, ARC Institute of Animal Physiology, Babraham, Cambridge CB2 4AT
D. J. Jordan
Affiliation:
Biochemistry Department, ARC Institute of Animal Physiology, Babraham, Cambridge CB2 4AT
J. L. Mangan
Affiliation:
Biochemistry Department, ARC Institute of Animal Physiology, Babraham, Cambridge CB2 4AT
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1. The rate of proteolysis in the rumen was dependent on the soluble protein used. With a sheep on a hay + concentrate diet the rates (approximately Vmax) for casein, Fraction I leaf protein and bovine serum albumin were 16·5, 3·4 and 0·9 mg protein nitrogen/l per min respectively.

2. Change of diet from hay + concentrate to fresh lucerne (Medicago sativa) increased the proteolytic rates for all three proteins.

3. Bovine submaxillary mucoprotein degraded extremely slowly in the rumen at approximately 0·5–0·6 mg N/l per min and its sialic acid component was degraded at a similar rate to that of the protein chain.

4. Uniformly14C-labelled Fraction I leaf protein was used to demonstrate that in the presence of a second protein, competition for enzymic sites occurred. In Fraction I and bovine serum albumin mixtures, reduced rates for the individual proteins of the mixture were observed compared with the proteins treated separately.

5. Treatment of bovine serum albumin with dithiothreitol (0·2 g/l) to cleave disulphide bridges increased the rates of proteolysis by as much as 8·5-fold.

Type
Papers on General Nutrition
Information
British Journal of Nutrition , Volume 50 , Issue 2 , September 1983 , pp. 357 - 368
Copyright
Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1983

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