P7. Eggs, Soy and Cereals Flashcards
what is another name for egg white?
- __% water
- __-___% protein, depending on what?
- __% lipid
- __% carbs (2 types ish)
- albumen
- 88% water
- 9.7-10.6% depending on age of hen
- 0.03% lipid
- can reach almost 1% –> either free (almost glucose) or combined with protein (glycoproteins)
4 major egg-white proteins
- but egg white proteins –> more then ___ individual constituents
- ovalbumin
- ovotransferrin
- ovomucoid
- lysozyme
- more than 40 individual constituents
most abundant protein in albumen?
- ___% total egg-white protein
- what type of protein is it? –> shape protein?
- MW? how many aa?
- only egg-white protein to contain what?
- ovalbumin
- 54% total of egg-whites
- phosphoglycoprotein –> globular protein
- 44.5 kDa, 385 aa
- free sulfhydryl groups
ovalbumin readily _______, process which is observed when egg white sets on _________. Forms a transparent __A__ or a ________ ___A___ depending on (2) of the solution
- coagulates
- heating
- transparent or turbid gel
- depending on ionic strength and pH
ovalbumin also easily denatured when exposed to a ____ _______ and is important in conferring stability to ______ (dispersion of what in what?)
- new surface
- foams (gas in liquid)
ovotransferrin (also known as what?)
- accounts for __% of egg white protein
- MW of ?
- belongs to the _______ family –> what does it do?
responsible for what?
- conalbumin
- 12%
- 77-80 kDa
- transferrin family –> group of iron-binding proteins widely distributed in various biological fluids. Iron-sequestering properties are responsible for bacteriostatic and bactericidal activities
which protein is the most easily heat-denatured egg protein? but is less susceptible to surface denaturation than ?
- ovotransferrin
- less susceptible to surface denaturation than ovalbumin
which egg-white protein is also present as component of egg-yolk proteins? bit different though?
ovotransferrin! only differing by its carbohydrate prosthetic group
ovomucoid is a __________ consisting of __ tandem homologous domains, each cross-linked by # ________ bonds, with a total molecular weight ___ kDa
- _____ aa
- ___% carbohydrates (present as what? attached to polypeptide through what residue?)
- glycoprotein
- 3 tandem domains
- cross-linked by 3 disulfide bonds
- 28 kDa
- 185 aa
- 20-25% carbohydrates
- present as 3 polysaccharide chains, each attached to polypeptide through asparaginyl residue
lysozyme
- __% of egg-white protein
- ___ aa
- how many disulfide bridges?
- 3.4% egg-white protein
- 129 aa
- 4 disulfide bridges
lysozyme is a _________ enzyme commonly found in nature: catalyzes what of the _________ linkage between (2) present in _________ of certain ________ ______ ______
- bacteriolytic enzyme
- hydrolysis of the glycosidic linkage between N-acetylmuraminic acid and N-acetylglucosamine present in polysaccharides of certain bacterial cell walls –> causes rupture of cell wall
lysozyme is used as a natural _____ ______ and is extracted on an _________ scale by combination of (2) tehcniques
- food preservative
- industrial scale
- chromatography and salting-out precipitation techniques
4 properties of lysozyme that make is an important food preservative
- heat-stable protein
- exhibits enzymativ activity over a broad range of temps (from 1°C to nearly 100°C) and withstands boiling water for 1-2 min without loss of activity
- stable in freeze-drying and thermal drying processed + maintains its activity when redissolved in water
- optimum activity at pH 5.3-6.4 (typical for low acid foods)
chemical composition of egg yolk:
% water
% protein
% fat
- 48.7% water
- 16.4% protein
- 32.9% fat
when used in foods, yolk essentially behaves as a ______ but one which is ________ or readily ________ in ________ and which has the ability to ______ other materials
- as a lipid
- soluble or readily dispersed in water
- ability to emulsify other materials
yolk’s ability to disperse in water due to (3 ish)
- high lipid content (63% of solids)
- high proportion of phospholipids (31% of total lipid)
- the fact that 90% of lipids present in egg yolk are associated with proteins to form lipoproteins
4 classes of proteins found in yolk?
- lipoprotein –> separated by ultracentrifugation into low-density lipoproteins (LDLP 68%) and high-density lipoproteins (HDLP 14%)
- lipid-free globular proteins (livetins): 10%
- phosphoproteins: 4%
- minor proteins including enzymes: 2%
LDLP fraction (__________ fraction)
- density of ?
- accounts for ____ of the yolk
- contains __-__% lipid –> lipid composition? (3)
- lipovitellenin fraction
- 0.98
- 1/3 of yolk
- 80-90% of lipid
1. 69% TG
2. 26% phospholipids
3. 5% cholesterol
LDLP primarily present in form of ___A____? suspended in the what?
- describe ____A____ (3 charac. ish)
A: tiny micelles suspended in plasma fraction
- micelles have a core of TG with phospholipids and proteins radiating toward surface of micelle and interacting with water, thereby making a very stable oil in water emulsion
(phospholipids also on outside + cholesterol embedded in phospholipids)
HDLP fraction (_______ fraction)
- density of ???
- makes up what?
- lipovitellin fraction
- density >1
- makes up the insoluble granules
lipovitellin is a ___________ that contains about ___% lipids (ratio btw phospholipids and TG) and small amount of phosphorus (__%)
lipoprotein
- 20% lipid –> 3:2 ratio btw phospholipid and TG)
- <0.5%
what lipid free protein is strongly associated with lipovitellin? in the HDLP fraction
phosvitin! a phosphorus-rich, lipid free protein
livetins:
- _____-free globular glycoproteins
- represent about __% egg-yolk total solids
- soluble in _______
- corresponds to ______ ______ proteins of the chicken
- lipid free globular glycoproteins
- 10%
- water
- blood serum proteins of chicken
________ is a phosphoproteins which makes up ___% of total yolk protein
- most highly __________ed protein known to date
- almost ____% of its aa are _____, of which __% are _________ed
phosvitin
- 10%
- phosphorylated
- 50% are serine
- 90% are phosphorylated
phosvitin has a high/low isoelectric point bc not/very charged
low bc very charged
phosvitin:
- at neutral pH, highly _______ charged owing to ionization of ________ groups = has a strong/weak affinity for ______ ions (particularly ______ ions), such that ___% of _____ in eggs is present in yolk
- negatively charged –> ionization of phosphate groups
- has a strong affinity for metal ions (ferric ions) –> 95% of iron in eggs is present in yolk
though soluble in _____ salt solutions and to some extent in ______, phosvitin is associated with ______ due to strong/weak ionic bonding to __________ proteins and is not found in the ______ fraction of egg yolk
- weak
- water
- associated with granules due to strong ionic bonding to lipovitellin proteins
- not found in the plasma fraction of the egg yolk
what does heat coagulation designate?
designate the process of thermal denaturation and aggregation of proteins in albumen and in yolk
denaturation of protein involves (3)
- breaking of H-bonds
- uncoiling of polypeptide chains
- exposure of reactive groups
denatured proteins interact through _______ and _______ bonds to form protein _________ that may participate in formation of what?
- chemical and physical bonds
- protein aggregates
- formation of 3-D gel network
aggregation of denature albumen proteins occurs by formation of what 3 interactions
- hydrophobic interactions
- electrostatic interactions
- disulfide linkages
in a mixture of all egg-white proteins, aggregation occurs at 2 distinct coagulation temp ranges: ? and ?
- which protein (ovalbumin, ovomucoid, ovotransferrin) denatures at what temp?
- 61.6-62.5°C and 71.0-73.0°C
- Ovalbumin: 84°C
- ovomucoid: 77°C (omelet firms up)
- ovotransferrin: 60°C (runny, soft)
when egg yolk, egg white (albumen) or egg _______ (mixed whole egg) is heated, their ________ change owing to heat induced _________
- egg magma (mixed whole egg)
- properties change (from protein interactions)
- heat induced coagulation
why are egg whites preferred over egg yolk and mixed whole egg as a gelling agent? (2)
- egg white only contains trace amounts of lipids and therefore has good oxidative stability
- egg white is colorless and has a milk flavor, unlike egg yolk or whole egg
heating albumen increase its (2) –> as the temp increases, a __A___ forms
- strength of ___A_____ increases as (2) increases
- viscosity and opacity
- gel forms
- strength of gel increases as temp and heat time increase
- at the isoelectric point, the net charge is _____ and aggregation is unfavored/favored, resulting in gels that are (4)
- as the net charge increases by lowering/raising the pH, protein denaturation is disfavored/favored over aggregation and the resulting gels are (4)
- zero –> aggregation is favored
- gels that are curdy, opaque, low in cohesiveness and lacking a continuous protein matrix
VS - net charge increases by raising the pH, protein denaturation is favored over aggregation
- gels are translucent, quite elastic or rubbery with an extensively crosslinked 3-D matrix