Pf. Rao et al., ISOLATION OF FLAVOPROTEIN FROM CHICKEN EGG-WHITE BY A SINGLE-STEP DEAE ION-EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHIC PROCEDURE, Journal of food biochemistry, 20(6), 1997, pp. 473-479
A single-step method to isolate flavoprotein from chicken egg white is
described. Egg white diluted 10 fold with 50 mM sodium phosphate buff
er, pH 6.5, was applied to a DEAE (Diethylaminoethyl cellulose)-Toyope
arl 650 M column. The adsorbed proteins were fractionated into two pea
ks by a linear salt gradient. The second peak war electrophoretically
pure flavoprotein, with a total yield of about 75%.