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Letter to the editor: Casein micelles or casein supramolecules?

2010; Elsevier BV; Volume: 93; Issue: 8 Linguagem: Inglês

10.3168/jds.2010-3259

1529-9066

David S. Horne,

Enzyme Production and Characterization

McMahon and Oommen (2008) drew our attention to the IUPAC definition of the supramolecule as "a system consisting of 2 or more molecular entities held together and organized by means of intermolecular (non-covalent) binding interactions." This is now a direct quote from IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology (IUPAC, 1997). McMahon and Oommen (2008) suggested that casein micelles could be described as supramolecules and subsequently McMahon et al. (2009) have adopted the term "casein supramolecule," employing it in this paper wherever "casein micelle" would have been normally encountered.