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. 2011 Jul 6;1(3):149–161. doi: 10.3390/membranes1030149

Table 3.

Amino acid composition (% of total amino acids, protein basis) of egg yolk proteins (EYP) and phosphoproteins (PPP), their hydrolysates and UF-fractions.

Egg yolk proteins (EYP) Phosphoproteins (PPP)


EYP TH UF5-R UF5-P UF1-R UF1-P PPP TH UF5-R UF5-P UF1-R UF1-P
Thr 5.5 5.2 5.2 5.1 5.2 5.4 4.9 5.6 6.2 4.8 5.5 4.3
His 2.7 2.2 2.1 2.2 2.2 2.4 4.0 4.4 4.6 4.3 4.8 4.3
Lys 7.6 7.7 7.5 7.4 7.2 8.1 9.1 8.0 8.3 8.7 7.6 9.3
Tyr 4.9 4.6 4.4 4.8 4.6 5.4 2.9 4.8 4.6 4.3 4.8 4.3
Met 3.0 2.7 2.6 2.9 2.8 3.2 1.6 2.8 2.5 2.9 2.8 3.1
Val 6.3 6.3 6.2 6.5 6.2 7.0 4.4 6.8 6.8 6.3 6.5 6.2
Ile 5.4 5.2 5.0 5.5 5.2 5.4 2.9 4.8 1.5 4.4 4.8 4.9
Leu 9.6 9.7 8.8 10.3 9.6 11.3 5.1 8.4 8.3 8.7 8.3 9.3
Phe 4.9 4.6 4.4 4.8 4.6 5.4 3.1 4.8 4.6 5.3 5.2 5.6
Ser 8.7 6.9 7.1 6.7 6.5 7.0 20.3 8.0 8.3 6.7 7.2 6.8
Glu1 13.3 14.2 14.3 13.9 15.4 13.7 12.2 13.5 15.0 13.0 15.5 11.7
Ala 5.7 6.0 5.6 6.4 6.1 6.7 4.9 6.0 6.5 5.8 5.5 6.2
Pro 4.3 4.2 4.7 3.8 4.1 4.0 3.3 4.0 4.3 3.4 4.1 3.1
Arg 5.4 6.4 6.7 6.5 5.9 3.5 6.0 3.2 2.5 6.7 3.4 7.4
Gly 2.3 3.4 3.3 2.9 3.3 1.8 3.1 2.4 2.2 3.9 3.1 3.7
Asp2 10.3 10.8 12.0 10.1 11.1 9.4 12.4 12.7 13.8 11.1 11.0 9.9

Note: Values reported for Glu comprise Glu+Gln; Values reported for Asp comprise ASP+Asn.