title: Phosphorylation of ovalbumin by dry-heating in the presence of pyrophosphate: effect on protein structure and some properties.
abstract: Ovalbumin (OVA) was phosphorylated by dry-heating in the presence of pyrophosphate at pH 4.0 and 85 degrees C for 1 and 5 days, and the physicochemical and structural properties of phosphorylated OVA were investigated. The phosphorus content of OVA increased to 1.01% by phosphorylation, and the electrophoretic mobility of PP-OVA also increased. Although the solubility of dry-heated OVA decreased, the decrease was slightly depressed by phosphorylation. The circular dichroism spectra showed that the change of the secondary structure in the OVA molecule, as measured by alpha-helix content, was mild by phosphorylation. The exchange reaction between the sulfhydryl and disulfide groups was enhanced and the surface hydrophobicity of OVA increased by phosphorylation. The tryptophan fluorescence intensity of OVA decreased by phosphorylation, suggesting that the conformational change occurred in the OVA molecule by phosphorylation. Although the differential scanning calorimetry thermograms of OVA showed a lowering of the denaturation temperature from 78.3 to 70.1 degrees C by phosphorylation, the stability of OVA against heat-induced insolubility at pH 7.0 was improved. The results indicated molten (partially unfolded) conformations of OVA formed by dry-heating in the presence of pyrophosphate.
authors.affiliation: United Chair of Applied Resource Chemistry, Course of Bioresource Science for Processing, United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima 890-0065, Japan.
authors.forename: Can-Peng
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Yoko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hayashi
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shinohara
authors.forename: Hisham R
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Ibrahim
authors.forename: Yasushi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sugimoto
authors.forename: Junichi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kurawaki
authors.forename: Naotoshi
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Matsudomi
authors.forename: Takayoshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Aoki
mesh_terms: D002152:Calorimetry, Differential Scanning; D055598:Chemical Phenomena; D002627:Chemistry, Physical; D011756:Diphosphates / Q000737:chemistry*; D004355:Drug Stability; D006358:Hot Temperature; D006813:Humidity; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D010047:Ovalbumin / Q000737:chemistry*; D010766:Phosphorylation
chemical_list: D011756:Diphosphates; D010047:Ovalbumin