Changes in the composition of ovomucin during liquefaction of thick egg white

Preparations of purified ovomucin complex have been obtained from samples of thick egg white which were liquefied during incubation at 37 °C under sterile conditions. Chemical analyses of the ovomucin complex and analytical ultra‐centrifugation of fully reduced derivatives of the ovomucin complex obtained from thick egg white thinned by incubation at 37 °C have shown that these preparations, unlike those obtained from “fresh” thick egg white, contained only small quantities of β‐ovomucin. It is postulated that β‐ovomucin is converted to a more soluble form during the natural thinning of thick egg white at 37 °C.