title: Probing the fatty acid binding site of beta-lactoglobulins.
abstract: The interactions of fatty acids with porcine and bovine beta-lactoglobulins were measured using tryptophan fluorescence enhancement. In the case of bovine beta-lactoglobulin, the apparent binding constants for most of the saturated and unsaturated fatty acids were in the range of 10(-7) M at neutral pH. Bovine beta-lactoglobulin displays only one high affinity binding site for palmitate with an apparent dissociation constant of 1 x 10(-7) M. The strength of the binding was decreasing in the following way: palmitate > stearate > myristate > arachidonate > laurate. Caprylic and capric acids are not bound at all. The affinity of beta-lactoglobulin for palmitate decreased as the pH of the incubation medium was lowered and BLG/palmitate complex was not observed at pH's lower than 4.5. Surprisingly, chemically modified bovine beta-lactoglobulin and porcine beta-lactoglobulin did not bind fatty acids in the applied conditions.
authors.affiliation: LEIMA, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Nantes, France.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Frapin
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Dufour
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Haertle
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001665:Binding Sites; D002417:Cattle; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000378:metabolism*; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D007782:Lactoglobulins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016415:Sequence Alignment
chemical_list: D005227:Fatty Acids; D007782:Lactoglobulins