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What is the molecular weight (mw) of β-Lactoglobulin (β-lg)?
Posted May 23, 2018

Answer

36.8 kDa

 

β-Lactoglobulin, β-lg, a major protein that accounts for approximately 10-15% of total milk proteins and 58% of whey protein, exists at the normal pH of bovine milk as a dimer with a molecular weight of 36,800 daltons, which is equivalent of 36,800 g/mol.