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Mechanical Separation and Protein Solubilization of the Outer and Inner Perivitelline Sublayers from Hen's Eggs
Published on: January 27, 2021
Co-extraction of egg white proteins using ion-exchange chromatography from ovomucin-removed egg whites
Dileep A Omana1, Jiapei Wang, Jianping Wu
1Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2P5.
Abstract:
Efficient isolation of egg white components is desired due to its potential uses. Existing methods mainly targeted on one specific protein; an attempt has been made in the study to co-extract all the valuable egg white components in a continuous process. Ovomucin was first isolated by our newly developed two-step method; the resultant supernatant obtained after ovomucin isolation was used as the starting material for ion-exchange chromatography. Anion-exchange chromatography of 100 mM supernatant yielded a flow-through fraction and three other fractions representing ovotransferrin, ovalbumin and flavoproteins. The flow-through fraction was further separated into ovoinhibitor, lysozyme, ovotransferrin and an unidentified fraction which represents 4% of total egg white proteins. Chromatographic separation of 500 mM supernatant resulted in fractions representing lysozyme, ovotransferrin and ovalbumin. This co-extraction protocol represents a global recovery of 71.0% proteins.
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