Journal of Lipid Research, Vol. 3, 246-250, April 1962
Copyright © 1962 by Lipid Research, Inc.
The lipoprotein lipase of cow's milk
Edward D. Korn
Laboratory of Cellular Physiology and Metabolism, National Heart Institute, Bethesda 14, Maryland
Cow's milk has been found to contain a lipoprotein lipase similar to those previously demonstrated in post-heparin plasma, adipose tissue, and heart. Upon separation of the milk, most of the enzyme was found in the skim milk, although some was present in the cream from which it could be isolated with a relatively high specific activity. The triglycerides of cream were not hydrolyzed by the lipoprotein lipase, and it is supposed that the enzyme does not function in milk but rather in the lactating mammary gland.
Submitted on November 22, 1961