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. 1978 Sep;23(3):323–336. doi: 10.1016/S0006-3495(78)85452-6

Prediction of the conformation of the cow and sheep kappa-caseins.

M H Loucheux-Lefebvre, J P Aubert, P Jollès
PMCID: PMC1473526  PMID: 698339

Abstract

The secondary structures of cow and sheep kappa-caseins were established according to the predictive rules of Chou and Fasman. The diagrams derived from this treatment allowed us to study the chymosin sensitive bond (milk-clotting process), as well as the glycosylation and phosphorylation sites, found to be situated in beta-turns. Despite a high variability between the primary structures of the COOH-terminal part (caseinoglycopeptide) of cow, sheep, and also other caseins, the secondary structures of the biologically important sites were found to be conserved.

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