Albumin (556-564) Bovine – Hematology Related Peptides

Albumin (556-564) Bovine is derived from the globular protein Albumin and is found in the blood plasma of humans (known as Human Serum Albumin[virgule] HSA) where it serves to maintain plasma pressure and nutritional balance. Another role it carries out is the transportation of bound molecules through the blood. Bovine serum albumin (BSA)[virgule] composed of 583 amino acids[virgule] is very similar to HSA thus allowing BSA to be used as a successful model and a standard protein in laboratory experiments. Although BSA and HAS share homology in their three domains[virgule] I[virgule] II and III[virgule] BSA contains 2 tryptophan whereas HAS only contains 1 tryptophan residue. In agriculture the presence of the albumin protein has been used to assess the health of cows to ensure that a suitable quality of milk and meat are produced. Moreover it is important to detect bovine albumin in food and pharmaceutical products due to it being an allergenic protein.