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Aspects of the formation of lysinoalanine in milk and milk products

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 June 2009

Petrus J. de Koning  and
Peter J. van Rooijen
Petrus J. de Koning
Affiliation:
Netherlands Institute for Dairy Research, Ede, The Netherlands
Peter J. van Rooijen
Affiliation:
Netherlands Institute for Dairy Research, Ede, The Netherlands
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Summary

Treatment of food proteins with heat and/or alkali may convert some of the constituent amino acids into the unnatural amino acid lysinoalanine (LAL), which has been found to cause kidney damage (nephrocytomegaly) when fed to rats. LAL may be produced by β-elimination of a phosphoseryl, of a glycosylated seryl or of a cystyl residue followed by a nucleophilic addition to a lysyl residue. The formation of LAL in αs0-, αsl- and β-casein is discussed in relation to the location of phosphoseryl residues immediately adjacent to lysyl residues. The influence of pH, temperature and exposure time on the formation of LAL in whole casein is described in detail. The formation of LAL can be prevented by the addition of reducing agents, dephosphorylation or chemical modification of the є-amino group of lysine. The LAL content of foodstuffs can be measured accurately by ion-exchange chromatography and a survey is given of the LAL content of commercial milk and milk products.

The biological effects of free and protein-bound LAL are discussed. It seems that renal changes due to the presence of LAL in the diet are species-specific to the rat although recent findings have shown that no effect is observed in rats fed a mixed diet containing proteins with and without protein-bound LAL. When LAL is removed from the diet, nephrocytomegaly disappears. From these results it may be concluded that the health risks for man, connected with the eating of proteins which have been subjected to treatment with heat and/or alkali, are small.

The decrease in lysine content of milk and milk products due to formation of LAL is small (0–1 or 2%) in comparison with the decrease in available lysine possibly caused by the Maillard reaction (0–24%) and so the decrease in nutritive value of food products due to LAL formation may be neglected.

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Journal of Dairy Research , Volume 49 , Issue 4 , November 1982 , pp. 725 - 736
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Copyright © Proprietors of Journal of Dairy Research 1982

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