The bindings of ovomucin, its chemically modified compounds, includingits disulfide-reduced andalkylated
- and
-subunits, and desialylated ovomucin to NDV andanti-ovomucin antibodies weredetermined by ELISA. We found that the NeuAc residue in the
-subunit greatly contributed tothe binding of ovomucin to NDV, and disulfide bonds in ovomucincontributed to the binding ofovomucin to antibodies. The conformational, biological, andchemical alterations of ovomucin heatedat 60-100
C for 10 min under the various pH conditions (pH 6-12)were examined on the changesin the ability to NDV and anti-ovomucin antibodies which were alsodetermined by ELISA, alongwith determinations of SDS-PAGE patterns and CD spectra.Ovomucin degraded together withthe increases in temperature and pH, depending on destruction of NeuAcin
-subunit, and cleavagesof disulfide bonds in inter- and intrasubunits and peptide bonds in
- and
-subunits.Keywords: Ovomucin;
newcastle disease virus; anti-ovomucin antibodies; heattreatment