Effect of Chitosan and Chitin on the Separation of Membranes from Proteins Solubilized by pH Shifts Using Cod (Gadus morhua)
Studies with isolated membranes and isolated membranes suspended in muscle proteins solubilized at pH 3 showed that mixing chitosan and membranes at this low pH followed by a pH adjustment to 10.5 could sediment membranes effectively at 4000g. In the solubilized muscle homogenate, the effectiveness...
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Published in | Journal of agricultural and food chemistry Vol. 55; no. 16; pp. 6778 - 6786 |
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Main Authors | , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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Washington, DC
American Chemical Society
08.08.2007
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Summary: | Studies with isolated membranes and isolated membranes suspended in muscle proteins solubilized at pH 3 showed that mixing chitosan and membranes at this low pH followed by a pH adjustment to 10.5 could sediment membranes effectively at 4000g. In the solubilized muscle homogenate, the effectiveness of membrane removal by chitosan at 4000g for 15 min was molecular weight dependent. About 80% of the phospholipids and 28% of proteins were sedimented from solubilized muscle homogenate by mixing muscle homogenate (10 g of muscle tissue homogenized with 90 mL of distilled water) with 10 mL of MW 310−375k chitosan (10 mg/mL in 0.1 N HCl) before solubilizing it at pH 10.5, whereas 55% of the phospholipids and 12% of proteins were sedimented by mixing muscle homogenate with the MW 310−375k chitosan before solubilizing the homogenate at pH 3. Low molecular weight chitosans (at MW 1k or 33k) showed little effect on membrane sedimentation under the same conditions. Chitin was not useful for removing membranes at either pH 3 or 10.5, whether added before or after pH adjustment. Keywords: Chitosan; membranes; phospholipids; solubilized muscle proteins |
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Bibliography: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jf0708084 istex:8887AEC69C4801CBF0A1F583263F2DBB83164D54 ark:/67375/TPS-VR1LMT5V-B ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 |
ISSN: | 0021-8561 1520-5118 |
DOI: | 10.1021/jf0708084 |