Dairy Chemistry And Biochemistry

N2 - 2N - -2R - - 2D-Al -A2 - A,,

Dimer monomer Ionization-linked Reversible Type I aggregation Type I1 aggregation

dissociation transition denaturation

Irreversible denaturationlaggregation

Figure 9.16 Stages in the thermal denaturation of /I-lactoglobulin (from Mulvihill and Donovan, 1987).