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Human milk contains biologically active proteins, e.g. enzymes and hormones, some of which have been shown to retain biological activity in the gastrointestinal tractl1,2,3. It has been suggested that the binding of biologically active milk proteins to milk membranes may play a role in stabilizing them in the gastrointestinal tract. We have studied two enzymes, sulfhydryl oxidase (SOX) and γ -glutamyltranspeptidase (GGT), which have been shown to be membrane-bound in bovine milk4, to both the milk fat globule membrane and to the skim milk membranes.
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Isaacs, C.E., Moretz, R.C. (1986). Skim Milk Membranes in Human Milk. In: Hamosh, M., Goldman, A.S. (eds) Human Lactation 2. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-7207-7_56
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