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1: FEBS Lett. 1992 Jul 6;305(3):189-91.Click here to read Links

Isolation of a new ligand-carrying casein fragment from bovine mammary gland microsomes.

Centro Studio Alimentazione Animali, CNR, Torino, Italy.

Whilst looking for components involved in retinol metabolism in secreting mammary gland cells, a 12 kDa protein was isolated. This protein had bound a ligand with characteristics of retinol. N-Terminal sequencing and amino acid analysis showed that this protein is highly homologous with an alpha-s1-casein fragment. No ligand was found for beta-lactoglobulin, previously thought to be involved in retinol metabolism.

PMID: 1299613 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]