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Stability of buffalo casein micelles

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 June 2009

Nripendra C. Ganguli
Affiliation:
National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal 132001, Haryana, India

Summary

Buffalo skim-milk is less heat stable than cow skim-milk. Interchanging ultracentrifugal whey (UCW) and milk diffusate with micellar casein caused significant changes in the heat stability of buffalo casein micelles (BCM) and cow casein micelles (CCM). Buffalo UCW dramatically destabilized COM, whereas buffalo diffu-sate with CCM exhibited the highest heat stability.

Cow κ-casein stabilizes αs-casein against precipitation by Ca better than buffalo º-casein. About 90% of αs-casein could be stabilized by κ: αs ratios of 0·20 and 0·231 for cow and buffalo, respectively.

Sialic acid release from micellar κ-casein by rennet was higher than from acid κ-casein in both buffalo and cow caseins, the release being slower in buffalo. The released macropeptide from buffalo κ-casein was smaller than that from cow κ-casein as revealed by Sephadex gel filtration.

Sub-units of BCM have less sialic acid (1·57mg/g) than whole micelles (2·70mg/g). On rennet action, 47% of bound sialic acid was released from sub-units as against 85% from whole micelles. The sub-micelles are less heat stable than whole micelles. Among ions tested, added Ca reduced heat stability more dramatically in whole micelles, whereas added phosphate improved the stability of micelles and, more strikingly, of sub-micelles. Citrate also improved the heat stability of sub-micelles but not of whole micelles.

Type
Section E. Applied aspects of milk protein research
Copyright
Copyright © Proprietors of Journal of Dairy Research 1979

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