Size Exclusion/HPLC of Heated Water Soluble Bovine and Porcine Muscle Proteins

Proteins (280 nm absorbance) in water extracts from bovine semi‐membranosus and porcine longissimiu were separated by size exclusion (SEC) high performance liquid chromatography(HPLC). SEC/HPLC profiles showed six heat sensitive fractions ≥ 10,000 daltons. These fractions ranged from peak 1 at 375,800 daltons in bovine and 170,000 daltons in porcine down to myoglobin, peak 6, at 15,200 and 19,500 daltons for bovine and porcine, respectively. SEC/HPLC showed the loss of certain peaks at specific time/temperature treatments. Heat labile porcine proteins ≥ 10,000 daltons represented about 41.5 area percent of the total extractable components after heating to 60°C. In bovine, this represented about 37.5 area percent. In both species, heating at 70°C for 30 min or at 75°C for 0 min resulted in protein solubility loss to about 1 area percent or less.