EFFECT OF FATTY ACIDS ON THE PROTEOLYSIS OF PROTEINS

II. EFFECT OF C₈-C₁₄ FATTY ACIDS ON THE TRYPTIC DIGESTION OF SERUM ALBUMIN

Abstract

1. Native horse serum albumin is remarkably digestible with trypsin compared with ovalbumin.
2. Horse serum albumin becomes less digestible with trypsin by the addition of C₈-C₁₄, fatty acids and the digestibility of serum albumin is not influenced remarkably by heating with fatty acids.
3. The laevorotation of horse serum albumin solution decreases by the addition of fatty acid at lower concentrations but increases at higher con-centrations.
The author wishes to express her sincere thanks to Prof. S. Akabori and Prof. B. Maruo and Dr. H. Takahashi for their kind guidance and encouragement throughout this work.