Proteomic characterization of donkey milk “caseome” |
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Authors: | Lina Chianese Maria Grazia Calabrese Pasquale Ferranti Rosalba Mauriello Giuseppina Garro Carmela De Simone Maria Quarto Francesco Addeo Gianfranco Cosenza Luigi Ramunno |
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Affiliation: | 1. Dipartimento di Scienza degli Alimenti, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Facoltà di Agraria, Via Università 100, Parco Gussone, I-80055 Portici (Napoli), Italy;2. Dipartimento di Scienze del Suolo, della Pianta, dell’Ambiente e delle Produzioni Animali, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Facoltà di Agraria, Via Università 100, Parco Gussone, I-80055 Portici (Napoli), Italy |
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Abstract: | At present, compared with bovine milk, the characterization of donkey milk caseins is at a relatively early stage progress, and only limited data are related to its genetic polymorphism. In this work, the heterogeneity of donkey caseome was investigated using a proteomic approach, based on one- (PAGE, UTLIEF) and two-dimensional (PAGE → UTLIEF) electrophoresis, stained with either Coomassie Brilliant Blue or specific polyclonal antibodies, and structural MS analysis. These combined methodologies allowed the contemporary identification of donkey αs1, αs2, β and κ-CN with their related heterogeneity due to phosphorylation (αs1, αs2 and β-CN), glycosylation (κ-CN) and incorrect splicing of RNA in mRNA (deleted forms of αs1-CN and β-CN). The results achieved showed 11 components for κ-CN, six phosphorylated components for β and αs1-CN and three main phosphorylated components for αs2-CN, each accounting for 10, 11 and 12 P/mole. At this regard, for the first time, the primary structure of the expressed protein corresponding to the only available donkey αs2-CN cDNA sequence was determined. Furthermore β-CN was found in homozygous and heterozygous state for the occurrence of a genetic β-CN variant having a MW value 28 mass units higher than the common β-CN phenotype. |
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Keywords: | Donkey caseome Mass spectrometry Proteomics Two-dimensional electrophoresis |
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