SEPARATION OF WHEY PROTEINS FROM LLAMA (LAMA-GLAMA L) MILK - IDENTIFICATION OF A PROTEIN IMMUNOLOGICALLY RELATED TO BETA-LACTOGLOBULINS

Separation of llama whey proteins by size exclusion HPLC followed by purification through preparative IEF and reversed phase HPLC led to the isolation of a protein reacting with polyclonal antibody anti-bovine beta-lactoglobulin in an immuno double diffusion experiment.The N-terminal amino acid sequence of this llama whey protein showed some homology with internal parts of human k-casein and human lactotransferrin as well as an interesting identity with recognized beta-lactoglobulins in positions Pro 4 and Leu 10.