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Separation and purification of major allergens in yak milk

  • Hai Mei Li*
  • , Ying Ma
  • , Yan Hua Cui
  • , Jia Qi Wang
  • , Qi Ming Li
  • , Sheng Hua He
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Harbin Institute of Technology
  • Research and Development Central of New Hope Dairy Company

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Abstract

The major allergens in yak milk were obtained by chemical methods, and purified by a fast protein liquid chromatography (FPLC) combined gel chromatography in order to analyze allergenicity of protein in yak milk. Casein and whey were isolated after adjusting isoelectric precipitating of skimmed milk to 4.6 by adding 10% acetic acid. Based on differential solubility in urea solutions and differential sensitivity of calcium, αs-casein and β-casein were separated from whole casein. And then, the crude fractions of αs-casein, β-casein were further separated using anion-exchange FPLC and Sephadex G100 column. β-lactoglobulin was separated from acid whey using chelating of citrate sodium at low pH in the presence of salt and purified by FPLC. The results of RP-HPLC showed that the purities of αs-, β-casein, and β-lactoglobulin were 87.13%, 88.58%, and 80.00%, respectively.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)80-85
Number of pages6
JournalHarbin Gongye Daxue Xuebao/Journal of Harbin Institute of Technology
Volume44
Issue number4
StatePublished - Apr 2012

Keywords

  • Casein separation
  • Fast protein liquid chromatography (FPLC)
  • Yak milk
  • β-lactoglobulin separation

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