Hostname: page-component-586b7cd67f-g8jcs Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-11-26T09:46:42.661Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false

The C-terminal sequence of amino acid residues of κ-casein isolated from buffalo's milk

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 June 2009

M. H. Abd El-Salam
Affiliation:
The Hannah Dairy Research Institute, Ayr
W. Manson
Affiliation:
The Hannah Dairy Research Institute, Ayr

Summary

When κ-casein from buffalo's milk was treated with carboxypeptidase A (EC 3. 4. 2. 1),4 amino acids, valine, threonine, serine and alanine were released from the protein in a manner consistent with the view that they originate in the C-terminal sequence of a single peptide chain. The amounts produced suggest a minimum molecular weight for buffalo κ-casein of approximately 17000, in agreement with the value calculated from the phosphorous content on the basis of the presence of 2 phosphorus atoms/molecule. A comparison is made with the C-terminal sequence reported for bovine κ-casein.

Type
Original Articles
Copyright
Copyright © Proprietors of Journal of Dairy Research 1967

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

REFERENCES

Allen, R. J. L. (1940). Biochem. J. 34, 86.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Aronsson, T. & Grönvall, A. (1957). Scand. C. clin. Lab. Invest. 9, 338.Google Scholar
Aschaffenburg, R. & Sen, A. (1963). Nature, Lond. 197, 797.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Ganguli, N. C., Prabhakaban, R. J. V. & Iya, K. K. (1964). J. Dairy Sci. 47, 13.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Jollés, P., Alais, C. & Jollés, J. (1961). Biochim. biophys. Acta 51, 309.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Jollés, P., Alais, C. & Jollés, J. (1962). Archs Biochem. Biophys. 98, 56.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Moore, S. & Stein, W. H. (1954). J. biol. Chem. 211, 907.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Spackman, D. H., Stein, W. H. & Moore, S. (1958). Analyt. Chem. 30, 1190.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Swaisgood, H. E. & Brunner, J. R. (1963). Biochem. biophys. Res. Commun. 12, 148.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Zittle, C. A. & Custer, J. H. (1963). J. Dairy Sci. 46, 1183.CrossRefGoogle Scholar