Article
A novel allelic donkey β-lactoglobulin I protein isoform generated by a non-AUG translation initiation codon is associated with a nonsynonymous SNP.
Journal of dairy science - 1 Jun 2023
Cosenza G, Martin P, Garro G, Gallo D, Auzino B, Ciampolini R, Pauciullo A
Abstract excerpt
β-lactoglobulin I (β-LG I) is one of the most important whey proteins in donkey milk. However, to our knowledge, there has been no study focusing on the full nucleotide sequences of this gene (BLG I). Current investigation of donkey BLG I gene is very limited with only 2 variants (A and B) characterized so far at the protein level. Recently, a new β-LG I variant, with a significantly higher mass (+1,915 Da) than...
Topics
- Animals
- Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
- Lactoglobulins
- Alleles
- Codon, Initiator
- Equidae
- Phylogeny
- Plant Breeding
- Milk
- Protein Isoforms
- Protein Sorting Signals