Removal of N-terminal peptides from β-lactoglobulin by proteolytic contaminants in a commercial phenol oxidase preparation |
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Authors: | Dragana Stanic Jelena Radosavljevic Natalija Polovic Milka Jadranin Milica Popovic Olga Vuckovic Lidija Burazer Ratko Jankov Tanja Cirkovic Velickovic |
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Affiliation: | aInstitute of Chemistry, Technology and Metallurgy, Belgrade, Serbia;bFaculty of Chemistry, Department of Biochemistry, Studentski trg 16, 11 000 Belgrade, Serbia;cInstitute of Immunology and Virology, Torlak, Belgrade, Serbia |
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Abstract: | The use of enzymes may improve the functional properties of various food ingredients. The aim of this study was to examine the effects of proteolytic contaminants in phenol oxidases on β-lactoglobulin (BLG). In the presence of Trametes versicolor laccase and Agaricus bisporus tyrosinase, both variants of BLG (A and B) underwent removal of a peptide from the N-terminus. The truncated forms were more susceptible to digestion by pepsin. The truncation of BLG resulted from contaminating proteases and not due to the action of phenol oxidases. The removal of N-terminal peptides proceeded quickly, while the rest of the globular protein remained resistant to proteolysis for up to 3 h. In the case of the application of enzymes in food bioprocessing, it may be important to carefully monitor the effects of contaminating proteases in enzyme preparations used. |
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