Physicochemical Properties of Bread Baked from Flour Blended with Immature Wheat Meal Rich in Fructooligosaccharides

ABSTRACT: Grain of the soft white wheat cultivar Harus was harvested weekly from anthesis to maturity and fructooligosaccharides (FOS) contents were determined by reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography. Tests were carried out to determine the effect of adding immature wheat meal to a base flour of cultivar Russ (hard red spring) on the quality characteristics of bread. FOS content was also analyzed in baked bread, and the effect of transglutaminase in improving bread quality was examined. Marked decreases in FOS contents, such as 1-kestose and nystose, were observed with grain maturation. The overall quality of bread appeared to be acceptable, and the added FOS were retained after baking.     

枯草芽孢杆菌谷氨酰胺转氨酶的异源表达

以野生型枯草芽孢杆菌基因组DNA为模板,PCR扩增获得带有sD序列及谷氨酸棒状杆菌信号肽AS0949的BTG基因。将其与大肠杆菌-谷氨酸棒状杆菌穿梭表达载体pXMJ19连接,构建重组质粒pXMJ19-Sbtf转化谷氨酸棒状杆菌ATCC13032。经IPTG诱导后该重组茵发酵液具有交联酪蛋白的能力,表明该重组茵能够实现分泌表达。     

工业生产微生物谷氨酰胺转胺酶的分离工艺研究

研究以Streptoverticillium mobaraense菌株发酵产生的谷氨酰胺转胺酶的分离工艺.通过发酵液分离处理后的收率和比酶活测定,确定超滤和乙醇沉淀的最适条件.试验结果表明:超滤的最适浓缩倍数为2.5～3.2;浓缩液pH值为8,冷乙醇按照酶与乙醇体积比1:1.5加入为最佳分离条件.     

Changes in the structure,digestibility and immunoreactivities of glycinin induced by the cross‐linking of microbial transglutaminase following heat denaturation

This study aimed to evaluate the effects of microbial transglutaminase (MTG)‐mediated modification on the structure, digestibility and immunoreactivities of glycinin. Glycinin was separated from soya bean and cross‐linked with MTG, and the sulphate‐polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS‐PAGE) showed that the molecular weight of cross‐linked glycinin was higher than that of native glycinin. Individual MTG cross‐linking could maintain stable secondary structures and spatial structure. Sequential heat denaturation and MTG cross‐linking could promote the unfolding of protein structures and reduce their hydrophobicity. The digestibility of glycinin was decreased, and its immunoreactivities were increased because of MTG‐induced structural alteration, including primary and spatial structures.     

Evaluation of pH‐treated fish sarcoplasmic proteins on rheological properties of fish myofibrillar protein mediated by microbial transglutaminase

Fish sarcoplasmic protein (SP) could be exploited in the water‐holding agent for fish protein gels, except that the gel strength is reduced. The adjustment of pH could modify protein interactions to overcome the inferior effect. Fish SP solutions were adjusted to pH 3 or 12, neutralised to pH 7 and lyophilised to be pH‐treated SPs. These SPs along with lyophilised untreated SP (Normal SP) were incorporated into fish myofibrillar protein (MP) with microbial transglutaminase (MTG). The denaturation temperature (T_d) of MP mixed with normal SP was 66 °C with the lowest shear stress value. The denaturation of MP mixed with pH‐treated SP reduced to be 57 °C, resulting in increased shear stress. The cooking loss of MP gel was reduced by adding pH‐treated SPs, while the breaking forces were similar to control. The result indicated that pH‐treated SPs could be used to reduce cooking loss of MTG‐mediated MP gels without affecting the gelling properties.     

Evaluation of various salt levels and different dairy proteins in combination with microbial transglutaminase on the quality characteristics of restructured pork ham

The objective of this study was to evaluate the quality characteristics of restructured pork hams (RH) manufactured with various salt levels (0.5%, 1.0%, and 1.5%) and different dairy proteins (sodium caseinate, SC and whey protein isolate, WPI; 1.0%) in combination with microbial transglutaminase (MTGase; 0.3%). Reduced‐salt (0.5% and 1.0%) RH resulted in reductions of moisture contents (%), textural springiness, cooking yield and most sensory preferences (P < 0.05). When dairy proteins in combination with MTGase were incorporated into the manufacture of RH, SC with MTGase was shown to reduce cooking loss (CL, %) and to increase the textural springiness and chewiness of RH, whereas WPI with MTGase increased textural springiness and chewiness, as well as the shear value of RH (P < 0.05). On the contrary, MTGase with dairy proteins improved the sensory preferences of reduced‐salt (1.0%) RH to give it similar sensory properties to those of the regular‐salt (1.5%) RH controls (CTL) (P > 0.05). The findings of this study demonstrated that the combination of 1.0% dairy proteins and 0.3% MTGase could affect improvements in the functional, textural and sensory properties of reduced‐salt (1.0%) RH.     

Combined cross-linking treatments of bovine serum albumin gel beadlets for controlled-delivery of caffeine

Combined cross-linking agents (CCLA) of microbial transglutaminase (MTgase) and ribose were applied during production of bovine serum albumin gels via incubation and heating treatment, respectively. CCLA produced stronger gels with lower protein solubility in disruptive solvents (1% sodium dodecyl sulphate plus 1% β-mercaptoethanol) as compared to BSA gels (BSA/Control) or gels produced using single cross-linking agents (SCLA) of MTGase or ribose. The gels were then converted into dried beadlets containing caffeine following a freeze-drying process. In-vitro controlled-release of caffeine and swelling ratio studies of the beadlets in artificial saliva or simulated gastric fluid indicated that CCLA beadlets had the slowest release of caffeine and the lowest swelling ratio as compared to other beadlets. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) data suggested that the improved release and the lower swelling ratio were mainly due to the denser network formed within the CCLA beadlets that had restricted the diffusion of caffeine and hampered the enzymatic breakdown of the matrix. The additional protein cross-linkings formed as a result of MTgase incubation and ribose-induced Maillard reaction could provide a delay action in releasing caffeine that potentially extend the duration of the action of the drug during ingestion.     

MTGase反胶束纯化及其催化合成壳聚糖胶原改性物的展望

综述了微生物转谷氨酰胺酶（MTGase）的性质、用途及反胶束萃取纯化效果,展望了用MTGase催化合成等日化用新功能性原料的可行性及其前景。     

水力空化对大豆分离蛋白谷氨酰胺转氨酶促凝胶行为的影响

利用基于涡流的水力空化处理大豆分离蛋白,通过比较处理前后大豆分离蛋白在谷氨酰胺转氨酶的催化作用下形成凝胶的质构特性、持水性、流变学性质、分子间作用力、微观结构和二级结构的变化,来研究大豆分离蛋白经水力空化处理后其酶促凝胶行为的变化规律及机制。结果表明,与未经水力空化处理的大豆分离蛋白相比,大豆分离蛋白经水力空化处理30 min后形成的酶促凝胶强度（P＜0.05）、持水性（P＜0.05）和储能模量增加;凝胶形成的分子间作用力发生变化,离子键、氢键及疏水相互作用相对含量显著降低（P＜0.05）,而二硫键和非二硫共价键相对含量显著增加（P＜0.05）;扫描电子显微镜观察到经水力空化处理后的大豆分离蛋白形成的酶促凝胶孔洞较小,微观结构更加致密和均匀;红外光谱分析结果表明凝胶的二级结构也发生了改变,β-折叠、β-转角相对含量显著增加（P＜0.05）,而α-螺旋、无规卷曲相对含量显著降低（P＜0.05）。可见,水力空化处理在一定条件下可以改善大豆分离蛋白谷氨酰胺转氨酶促凝胶的性能,可作为一种有效的方法应用于食品工业。