“…These results concur with those of Thoma et al (2006), who found that non-glycosylated variants of GMP preferentially precipitate in the presence of increasing TCA concentrations over glycosylated variants of GMP. Although several papers have reported the NeuNAc, GalNAc and Gal content of fractions thought to contain GMP (Coolbear, Elgar, Coolbear, & Ayers, 1996;Daali et al, 2001;Kawakami, Kawasaki, Dosako, Tanimoto, & Nakajima, 1992;Nakano & Ozimek, 1999, 2000Outinen, Tossavainen, Syvaoja, & Korhonen, 1995;Tanimoto, Kawasaki, Dosako, Ahiko, & Nakajima, 1992), to our knowledge this is the first report on the carbohydrate contents of GMP samples produced by precipitation without the use of acid. Previous reports that have investigated the use of TCA in solubilising peptides from k-casein have found that peptide solubility is a function of its carbohydrate content, such that highly glycosylated fractions of GMP are very soluble in various concentrations of TCA, while fractions with minimal or no carbohydrate are insoluble (MacKinley & Wake, 1965).…”