P7. Eggs, Soy and Cereals Flashcards
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what is another name for egg white?
- __% water
- __-___% protein, depending on what?
- __% lipid
- __% carbs (2 types ish)
- albumen
- 88% water
- 9.7-10.6% depending on age of hen
- 0.03% lipid
- can reach almost 1% –> either free (almost glucose) or combined with protein (glycoproteins)
4 major egg-white proteins
- but egg white proteins –> more then ___ individual constituents
- ovalbumin
- ovotransferrin
- ovomucoid
- lysozyme
- more than 40 individual constituents
most abundant protein in albumen?
- ___% total egg-white protein
- what type of protein is it? –> shape protein?
- MW? how many aa?
- only egg-white protein to contain what?
- ovalbumin
- 54% total of egg-whites
- phosphoglycoprotein –> globular protein
- 44.5 kDa, 385 aa
- free sulfhydryl groups
ovalbumin readily _______, process which is observed when egg white sets on _________. Forms a transparent __A__ or a ________ ___A___ depending on (2) of the solution
- coagulates
- heating
- transparent or turbid gel
- depending on ionic strength and pH
ovalbumin also easily denatured when exposed to a ____ _______ and is important in conferring stability to ______ (dispersion of what in what?)
- new surface
- foams (gas in liquid)
ovotransferrin (also known as what?)
- accounts for __% of egg white protein
- MW of ?
- belongs to the _______ family –> what does it do?
responsible for what?
- conalbumin
- 12%
- 77-80 kDa
- transferrin family –> group of iron-binding proteins widely distributed in various biological fluids. Iron-sequestering properties are responsible for bacteriostatic and bactericidal activities
which protein is the most easily heat-denatured egg protein? but is less susceptible to surface denaturation than ?
- ovotransferrin
- less susceptible to surface denaturation than ovalbumin
which egg-white protein is also present as component of egg-yolk proteins? bit different though?
ovotransferrin! only differing by its carbohydrate prosthetic group
ovomucoid is a __________ consisting of __ tandem homologous domains, each cross-linked by # ________ bonds, with a total molecular weight ___ kDa
- _____ aa
- ___% carbohydrates (present as what? attached to polypeptide through what residue?)
- glycoprotein
- 3 tandem domains
- cross-linked by 3 disulfide bonds
- 28 kDa
- 185 aa
- 20-25% carbohydrates
- present as 3 polysaccharide chains, each attached to polypeptide through asparaginyl residue
lysozyme
- __% of egg-white protein
- ___ aa
- how many disulfide bridges?
- 3.4% egg-white protein
- 129 aa
- 4 disulfide bridges
lysozyme is a _________ enzyme commonly found in nature: catalyzes what of the _________ linkage between (2) present in _________ of certain ________ ______ ______
- bacteriolytic enzyme
- hydrolysis of the glycosidic linkage between N-acetylmuraminic acid and N-acetylglucosamine present in polysaccharides of certain bacterial cell walls –> causes rupture of cell wall
lysozyme is used as a natural _____ ______ and is extracted on an _________ scale by combination of (2) tehcniques
- food preservative
- industrial scale
- chromatography and salting-out precipitation techniques
4 properties of lysozyme that make is an important food preservative
- heat-stable protein
- exhibits enzymativ activity over a broad range of temps (from 1°C to nearly 100°C) and withstands boiling water for 1-2 min without loss of activity
- stable in freeze-drying and thermal drying processed + maintains its activity when redissolved in water
- optimum activity at pH 5.3-6.4 (typical for low acid foods)
chemical composition of egg yolk:
% water
% protein
% fat
- 48.7% water
- 16.4% protein
- 32.9% fat
when used in foods, yolk essentially behaves as a ______ but one which is ________ or readily ________ in ________ and which has the ability to ______ other materials
- as a lipid
- soluble or readily dispersed in water
- ability to emulsify other materials
yolk’s ability to disperse in water due to (3 ish)
- high lipid content (63% of solids)
- high proportion of phospholipids (31% of total lipid)
- the fact that 90% of lipids present in egg yolk are associated with proteins to form lipoproteins
4 classes of proteins found in yolk?
- lipoprotein –> separated by ultracentrifugation into low-density lipoproteins (LDLP 68%) and high-density lipoproteins (HDLP 14%)
- lipid-free globular proteins (livetins): 10%
- phosphoproteins: 4%
- minor proteins including enzymes: 2%
LDLP fraction (__________ fraction)
- density of ?
- accounts for ____ of the yolk
- contains __-__% lipid –> lipid composition? (3)
- lipovitellenin fraction
- 0.98
- 1/3 of yolk
- 80-90% of lipid
1. 69% TG
2. 26% phospholipids
3. 5% cholesterol
LDLP primarily present in form of ___A____? suspended in the what?
- describe ____A____ (3 charac. ish)
A: tiny micelles suspended in plasma fraction
- micelles have a core of TG with phospholipids and proteins radiating toward surface of micelle and interacting with water, thereby making a very stable oil in water emulsion
(phospholipids also on outside + cholesterol embedded in phospholipids)
HDLP fraction (_______ fraction)
- density of ???
- makes up what?
- lipovitellin fraction
- density >1
- makes up the insoluble granules
lipovitellin is a ___________ that contains about ___% lipids (ratio btw phospholipids and TG) and small amount of phosphorus (__%)
lipoprotein
- 20% lipid –> 3:2 ratio btw phospholipid and TG)
- <0.5%
what lipid free protein is strongly associated with lipovitellin? in the HDLP fraction
phosvitin! a phosphorus-rich, lipid free protein
livetins:
- _____-free globular glycoproteins
- represent about __% egg-yolk total solids
- soluble in _______
- corresponds to ______ ______ proteins of the chicken
- lipid free globular glycoproteins
- 10%
- water
- blood serum proteins of chicken
________ is a phosphoproteins which makes up ___% of total yolk protein
- most highly __________ed protein known to date
- almost ____% of its aa are _____, of which __% are _________ed
phosvitin
- 10%
- phosphorylated
- 50% are serine
- 90% are phosphorylated