Milk proteins interact with goat Binder of SPerm (BSP) proteins and decrease their binding to sperm

Milk is an unusually stable colloidal system; the stability of this system is due primarily to the formation of micelles by the major milk proteins, the caseins. Numerous models for the structure of casein micelles have been proposed; these models have been formulated on the basis of in vitro studies. Synthetic casein micelles (i.e., those formed by mixing the purified αsl- and k-caseins with Ca2+ in appropriate ratios) are dissimilar to those from freshly-drawn milks in (i) size distribution, (ii) ratio of Ca/P, and (iii) solvation (g. water/g. protein). Evidently, in vivo organization of the caseins into the micellar form occurs in-a manner which is not identical to the in vitro mode of formation.

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GENE ACTIVATION IN MAMMARY CELLS

Acta Endocrinologica ◽

10.1530/acta.0.071s346 ◽

1972 ◽

Vol 71 (2_Suppla) ◽

pp. S346-S368 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Roger W. Turkington ◽

Nobuyuki Kadohama

Keyword(s):

Cell Differentiation ◽

Gene Transcription ◽

Hormonal Regulation ◽

Gene Activation ◽

Milk Proteins ◽

Mouse Mammary Gland ◽

Nuclear Proteins ◽

Mammary Cells ◽

Alveolar Cells ◽

Mammary Cell

ABSTRACT Hormonal activation of gene transcription has been studied in a model system, the mouse mammary gland in organ culture. Transcriptive activity is stimulated in mammary stem cells by insulin, and in mammary alveolar cells by prolactin and insulin. Studies on the template requirement for expression of the genes for milk proteins demonstrate that DNA methylation has an obligatory dependence upon DNA synthesis, but is otherwise independent from hormonal regulation of mammary cell differentiation. Incorporation of 5-bromo-2′deoxyuridine into DNA selectively inhibits expression of the genes for specific milk proteins. Undifferentiated mammary cells activate the synthesis of specific acidic nuclear proteins when stimulated by insulin. Several of these induced acidic nuclear proteins are undetectable in unstimulated undifferentiated cells, but appear to be characteristic components of the nuclei of differentiated cells. These results indicate that mammary cell differentiation is associated with a change in acidic nuclear proteins, and they provide evidence to support the concept that acidic nuclear proteins may be involved in the regulation of gene transcription and of mammary cell differentiation.

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Investigation of heat and matrix effect on milk proteins’ allergenicity and the development of hypoallergenic food products

10.26226/morressier.5acc8ad0d462b8028d89abaf ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Hande Suer

Keyword(s):

Matrix Effect ◽

Milk Proteins ◽

Food Products

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The importance of stock herding and dairying in the Neolithic Balkans and the subsistence diversity

10.31219/osf.io/yptjn ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Darko Stojanovski ◽

Ivana Živaljević ◽

Vesna Dimitrijević ◽

Julie Dunne ◽

Richard Evershed ◽

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Keyword(s):

Milk Proteins ◽

Domestic Animal ◽

Dental Calculus ◽

Isotopic Study ◽

Radiocarbon Dates ◽

The Balkans ◽

Animal Remains ◽

New Information ◽

Archaeological Materials ◽

Ceramic Vessels

The application of biomolecular techniques to archaeological materials from the Balkans is providing valuable new information on the prehistory of the region. This is especially relevant for the study of the neolithisation process in SE Europe, which gradually affected the rest of the continent. Here, to answer questions regarding diet and subsistence practices in early farming societies, we combine organic residue analyses of archaeological pottery, taxonomic and isotopic study of domestic animal remains and biomolecular analyses of human dental calculus. The results from the analyses of the lipid residues from pottery suggest that milk was processed in ceramic vessels. Dairy products were shown to be part of the subsistence strategies of the earliest Neolithic communities in the region but were of varying importance in different areas of the Balkan. On the other hand, we did not confidently detect any milk proteins within the dental calculus. The molecular and isotopic identification of meat, dairy, plants and beeswax in the pottery lipids also provided insights into the diversity of diet in these early Neolithic communities. We also present the first compound-specific radiocarbon dates for the region, obtained directly on absorbed organic residues extracted from pottery, identified as dairy lipids.

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