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‘New views’ on structure–function relationships in milk proteins

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In this paper, it was shown that caseins share many of the same properties and may therefore exist naturally in a molten globule-like state with defined secondary structure and limited fluctuating tertiary structure, which lead to their propensity for polymerization.
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The molten globule state has been regarded as a major intermediate in protein folding. It is characterized by native-like secondary structure with a compact molecular size but little specific tertiary structure. α-lactalbumin under various denaturing conditions has been considered a paradigm of the classical molten globule state. It has been shown that caseins share many of the same properties and may therefore exist naturally in a molten globule-like state with defined secondary structure and limited fluctuating tertiary structure, which lead to their propensity for polymerization. The architectural concepts of tensegrity may be used to describe, in part, the structure of casein polymers.

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Functional improvement of milk whey proteins induced by high hydrostatic pressure.

TL;DR: The mechanism underlying pressure-induced changes in β-lactoglobulin, α- lactabumin, and bovine serum albumin is explained, and related to functional properties such as gel-forming ability, emulsifying activity, or foaming capacity are explained.
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Adsorption Behavior of Acidic and Basic Proteins onto Citrate-Coated Au Surfaces Correlated to Their Native Fold, Stability, and pI

TL;DR: The adsorption of eight different proteins (alpha-lactalbumin, bovine serum albumin, hemoglobin, myoglobin, cytochrome c, alpha-casein, and lysozyme) onto a model anionic surface was performed and was found to be independent of global protein charge.
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Interaction of bovine α-lactalbumin with fatty acids as determined by partition equilibrium and fluorescence spectroscopy

TL;DR: In this article, the interaction of bovine holo- and apo- α-lactalbumin with fatty acids was studied using a partition equilibrium technique and fluorescence spectroscopy.
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Dynamics of well-folded and natively disordered proteins in solution: a time-of-flight neutron scattering study

TL;DR: Results of spectra analysis reveal differences in motional amplitudes of well-folded proteins, where β-sheet structures appear to be more rigid than a cluster of α-helices, and the disordered caseins display the largest conformational displacements.
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Fluorescent carbon dots from milk by microwave cooking

TL;DR: In this article, the formation of nanometre-sized, highly-fluorescent, nitrogen-doped carbon dots from milk by microwave cooking was reported, and the distribution of carbon dots in cells was confirmed by two-photon excited fluorescence intensity imaging and fluorescence lifetime imaging.
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Are there pathways for protein folding

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Molten globule and protein folding.

TL;DR: It is predicted and confirmed experimentally that the molten globule state can exist in a living cell and plays an important role in a number of physiological processes.
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