Ovotransferrin

Type of Protein	Egg
Protein name	Ovotransferrin
Companies producing this protein	NA
Function (dairy alternative, colorant, texture, taste...)	Antimicrobial and antioxidant compound (Abeyrathne et al., 2013)
Target application (cheese, infant formula, meat...)	Used to extend the shelf life of chicken breast, as and antioxidant in functional foods (Rathnapala et al., 2021)
Purity requirement/purification values	Could not find purification values for recombinant ovotransferrin, but purified ovotransferrin from eggs are up to 98% (Rathnapala et al., 2021).
Techno-functional properties	NA
Nutritional properties	Improves iron absorption due to its ron-binding properties (Galla et al., 2021) Is reported to have antimicrobial, antioxidant, anticancer, and immunomodulatory activities (Rathnapala et al., 2021)
Advantages	Its nutritional properties make it a good candidate for use as a food supplement (X. Wang et al., 2021) Can be added to food to prolong its shelf life (Rathnapala et al., 2021)
Challenges/risk factors	Although less allergenic than other egg white proteins, it still has potential allergenicity (Dhanapala et al., 2015) Ovotransferrin is a glycoprotein. Different glycosylation patterns in non-mammalian host strains might impact the folding and function of ovotransferrin (Abeyrathne et al., 2013).

Komagatella phaffi (Pichia pastoris)