The presence of heat-stable conformers of ovalbumin affects properties of thermally formed aggregates

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The aim of this work was to study the effect of the formation of more heat-stable conformers of chicken egg ovalbumin during incubation at basic pH (9.9) and elevated temperature (55°C) on the protein aggregation properties at neutral pH. Native ovalbumin (N-OVA) is converted on the hours time-scale into more heat-stable forms denoted I- (intermediate) and S-OVA, that have denaturation temperatures 4.8 and 8.4°C, respectively, higher than that of N-OVA. The conversions most likely proceed via I-OVA, but direct conversion of N-OVA into S-OVA with slower kinetics can not be excluded. It is demonstrated that both I- and S-OVA have similar denaturation characteristics to N-OVA, except that higher temperatures are required for denaturation. The presence of even small contributions of I-OVA does, however, reduce the Stokes radius of the aggregates formed upon heat treatment of the material at 90°C about 2-fold. This affects the gel network formation considerably. Since many (commercial) preparations of ovalbumin contain varying contributions of the more heat-stable forms mentioned, proper characterization or standardization of the isolation procedure of the material is essential to control or predict the industrial application of this protein.

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De Groot, J., & De Jongh, H. H. J. (2003). The presence of heat-stable conformers of ovalbumin affects properties of thermally formed aggregates. Protein Engineering, 16(12), 1035–1040. https://doi.org/10.1093/protein/gzg123

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