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On the partial reversibility of the Β-lactoglobulin heat denaturation

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The thermal behavior ofΒ-lactoglobulin (Β-lg) disperesed in distilled water (pH=3.2) is studied dy differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) in the temperature range 20‡C–120‡C and within a concentration region of 3.5% to 24%.

Recently [1] we have determined by DSC the kinetic parameters for the heat-denaturation ofΒ-lg. The effect of the protein concentration and of the thermal treatment on transition temperature (T trs), half-widths of the peak (δT 1/2), of apparent enthalpy changes (δapp H) and of Van't Hoff enthalpies (δVH H) have been examined for the concentrations of 8.8% and 24%.

In this study we have undertaken complementary experiments for the concentrations 3.5% and 10.8%. The half-widths of the peaks, which depend on the cooperativity of the denaturation process [2], decrease with increasing concentration. The ratio δapp HVH H tends to 1, with low values of the protein concentration and with high scanning rates. This implies the hypothesis of a reversible step for the denaturation process ofΒ-lg.

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Das thermische Verhalten vonΒ-Lactoglobulin (Β-lg), das in destilliertem Wasser beipH=3.2 dispergiert ist, wurde für Konzentrationen zwischen 3.5 und 24% im Temperaturbereich von 20–120‡C mittels DSC untersucht. In der vorliegenden Arbeit werden thermodynamische Daten des Denaturierungsprozesses ermittelt, wobei sowohl die Methode nach Kissinger als auch diejenige nach Borchardt-Daniels angewendet wurden. Insbesondere wird der Einfluss der Basislinie als auch unterschiedlicher Arten der thermischen Behandlung auf die Resultate behandelt.

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Relkin, P., Launay, B. On the partial reversibility of the Β-lactoglobulin heat denaturation. Journal of Thermal Analysis 37, 1887–1895 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01912219

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