N- and o-glycosylation of a commercial bovine whey protein product

J Agric Food Chem. 2012 Dec 26;60(51):12553-64. doi: 10.1021/jf304000b. Epub 2012 Dec 12.

Abstract

Bovine whey protein products are used as a base ingredient in infant formulas to optimize the amino acid pattern to a more human-like composition. Although the protein composition of bovine milk has been studied in detail, glycosylation details of commercial whey protein products are missing. To this end, both the N- and O-glycans of such a protein concentrate were sequentially released, the N-glycans enzymatically and the O-glycans chemically (reducing and nonreducing conditions). For the structural analysis of the N- and O-glycans a combination of MALDI-TOF-MS, one-dimensional (1)H NMR spectroscopy, Wisteria floribunda agglutinin affinity chromatography, HPAEC-PAD profiling, and HPLC-FD profiling (2-aminobenzamide derivatives), together with exoglycosidase treatments, were used. A mixture of over 60 N-glycans and 10 O-glycans was characterized, giving a detailed insight into the glycosylation of a bovine whey protein product, Deminal 90, which is applied as an ingredient for infant formulas.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Carbohydrate Conformation
  • Cattle
  • Glycoside Hydrolases / metabolism
  • Glycosylation
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Infant Formula / chemistry
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Milk Proteins / chemistry*
  • Milk Proteins / metabolism
  • Polysaccharides / analysis*
  • Polysaccharides / chemistry
  • Polysaccharides / metabolism
  • Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization
  • Whey Proteins

Substances

  • Milk Proteins
  • Polysaccharides
  • Whey Proteins
  • Glycoside Hydrolases