Biological Function and Molecular-Evolution of Whey Acidic Protein (WAP)

Phylogeny of whey acidic protein (WAP) four-disulfide core proteins and their role in lower vertebrates and invertebrates.

Proteins containing WAP (whey acidic protein) domains with a characteristic WFDC (WAP four-disulfide core) occur not only in mammals (including marsupials and monotremes) but also in birds, reptiles, amphibians and fish. In addition, they are present in numerous invertebrates, from cnidarians to urochordates. Many of those from non-mammalian groups are poorly understood with respect to function...

Molecular characterisation and hormone-dependent expression of the porcine whey acidic protein gene.

A 17.5 kDa protein was isolated from porcine whey by reverse phase HPLC and identified as a putative whey acidic protein (WAP) homologue by sequencing 35 and 40 amino acid residues of the amino- and carboxy-terminus respectively. Degenerate oligonucleotides to both of these amino acid sequences were designed and used in reverse transcriptase PCR with RNA from lactating porcine mammary gland as ...

Complete sequence of the rabbit whey acidic protein gene.

The whey acidic protein (WAP) is the major whey protein in rodent and rabbit milk. Its cDNA sequence has been described in the mouse (1), the rat (1), and the rabbit (2). The mouse and rat gene sequences have already been published (3), as well as part of the 5' flanking region of the rabbit WAP gene (4). The entire sequence of the rabbit WAP gene with 1821 bp of the 5'P flanking region and 612...

The Promyelocytic Leukemia Protein, PML, and Its Biological Function

Whey Protein Nutritional Power House of Future

Objective: Whey protein is a byproduct of dairy industry, where cheese and casein are manufactured.This is the major protein content which is loss during the formation of yogurt and cheese. Methods: If this is added to the diet then that can enhance the nutritioal value for the diet, which will be very usefull. Results: In this study we try to find it out that the whey protein has the antibioti...