Effect of gender and muscle type on the proteolytic pattern of myofibrillar proteins in Iranian one-humped camel meat during storage

Abstract

In this study, effect of gender, muscle type (biceps femoris (BF) and longissimus thoracis (LT)) and storage time (14 days) on the proteolytic pattern of camel meat myofibrillar proteins was investigated using SDS-PAGE. Heavy chain myosin (MHC) and actin changed little during postmortem aging of muscles. Proteolysis intensity of MHC in female camels was significantly more than male ones (PPPPoC. Also, muscle type was a main factor at proteolysis of desmin cytoskeletal protein and some regulating proteins (α-actinin and Troponin-T).

Keywords

• biceps femoris
• camel meat
• longissimus thoracis
• proteolysis
• sds-page