Minor components of reduced bovine .KAPPA.-casein.

Abstract
Bovine .kappa.-casein reduced with 2-mercaptoethanol was fractionated on a DEAE-cellulose column to 1 nonadsorbed, 5 major adsorbed and 2 minor adsorbed fractions. The properties of the nonadsorbed and 5 major adsorbed fractions were reported in a previous paper. In this paper, the characteristics of 2 minor adsorbed fractions (P-X and P-Y) were reported. Gel electrophoretic patterns of these fractions were similar to .kappa.-casein. These fractions had the same amino acid composition and the same P content as the major components. P-X contained 1 residue each of N-acetylneuraminic acid, galactose and galactosamine, and P-Y 2 residues each. These fractions showed the stabilizing ability for .alpha.sl-casein in the presence of Ca ion. P-X and P-Y are apparently minor components of reduced bovine .kappa.-casein.

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