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Mechanisms of heat damage in proteins

3.* Studies with ɛ-(γ-L-glutamyl)-L-lysine

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2007

P. E. Waibel  and
K. J. Carpenter
P. E. Waibel
Affiliation:
Department of Applied Biology, University of Cambridge
K. J. Carpenter
Affiliation:
Department of Applied Biology, University of Cambridge
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Abstract

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1. ε-(γ-L-Glutamyl)-L-lysine was found to have a growth-promoting activity that was approximately equal to the equivalent quantity of L-lysine for both young rats and chicks receiving a lysine-deficient diet.

2. Small quantities of the compound were found in the plasma of the chicks and rats receiving it at the level of 0.4–0.5% on the diet, but none was detected in the rat urine and only a trace in the separated chick urine.

3. Direct intravenous infusion of glutamyl-lysine into rats resulted in higher plasma concentrations; it is suggested that hydrolysis of the ingested peptides may occur largely in the intestinal wall.

4. The findings are discussed in relation to the earlier hypothesis that the formation of glutamyl-lysine cross-linkages in severely heated protein provides an explanation of their reduced nutritional value.

Type
General Nutrition
Information
British Journal of Nutrition , Volume 27 , Issue 3 , May 1972 , pp. 509 - 515
Copyright
Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1972

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