Effect of hydrophobicity of utilization of peptides by ruminal bacteria in vitro.
AUTOR(ES)
Chen, G
RESUMO
When mixed ruminal bacteria were incubated with a pancreatic casein hydrolysate and free amino acids of a similar composition, rates of ammonia production were much greater for peptides than for amino acids. The pancreatic digest of casein was then fractionated with 90% isopropyl alcohol. Hydrophobic peptides which dissolved in alcohol contained an abundance of phenolic and aliphatic amino acids, while the hydrophilic peptides which were precipitated by alcohol contained a large proportion of the highly charged amino acids. The Km values of the mixed ruminal bacteria for each fraction were similar (0.88 versus 0.98 g/liter), but the Vmax of the hydrophilic peptides was more than twice that of the hydrophobic peptides (18 versus 39 mg of NH3 per g of bacterial protein per h). Pure cultures of ruminal bacteria had a similar preference for hydrophilic peptides and likewise utilized peptides at a faster rate than free amino acids. Since peptide degradation rates differed greatly, hydrophobicity is likely to influence the composition of amino acids passing unfermented to the lower gut of ruminant animals.
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