β-lactoglobulin is the major whey protein in ruminant milk. In sheep, three genetic variants have been found (A, B and C) which differ from each other by a single base substitution within exon II of the gene. Various reports have indicated that the B variant is associated with higher milk yields. In this study, we have assessed the genotypic frequencies of both A and B variants in samples from ...

Time temperature integrators (TTIs) are useful tools in estimating the heat load applied on differently processed dairy products. The objective of this study was to analyze and assess three TTIs - lactulose, furosine, and acid-soluble β-lactoglobulin (β-Lg) - in 70 high heated dairy products at retail in Austria and Germany comprising whipping cream, coffee cream/milk, and condensed milk produc...

The development of a new manufacturing process, a two-step temperature treatment, to modulate the physicochemical properties of nanoparticles including the size is critical. This is because its physicochemical properties can be key factors affecting the cellular uptake and the bioavailability of bioactive compounds encapsulated in nanoparticles. The aims of this study were to produce (beta-lact...

The unfolding of β-lactoglobulin (β-lac) upon heating was comprehensively studied through molecular dynamics computer simulations. A β-lac molecule in the aqueous solution firstly heated at 500 K for and then annealed 300 to collect stable conformations. There were five meta-stable conformations observed based on Free Energy Landscape (FEL). found exhibit an open extended conformation followed ...

Selective phase separation with polyelectrolytes can be used to separate a mixture of proteins. The efficiency of separation was examined using the cationic polyelectrolyte poly(diallyldimethylammonium chloride) and the model proteins bovine serum albumin, â-lactoglobulin, γ-globulin, and ribonuclease A. The coacervation yield for individual proteins and the degree of separation, for selected p...

Background Cow’s milk protein (CMP) allergy (CMPA) affects 2-6% of children. The most important allergens are a-casein (ACA), a-lactoalbumin (ALA) and b-lactoglobulin (BLG). BLG, absent in human milk, is considered to be the major allergen of CMP. Little is known about T cells response and cytokines profile in relation to CMPA and tolerance acquisition. Our aim was to characterize T cells respo...