title: Kinetics of heat-induced polymerization of gliadin.
abstract: The kinetics of heat-induced polymerization of gliadin, that is, a mixture of monomeric wheat storage proteins, was studied using a model system. Samples were heated at pH 6.0 and 8.0 at 110, 120, and 130 °C for up to 240 min, and their extractabilities were compared under nonreducing and reducing (with 1% dithiothreitol) conditions. Extraction media were sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) containing buffer (pH 6.8, SDS buffer) and/or 70% ethanol. Gliadin cross-linking mainly resulted from intermolecular disulfide (SS) bond formation. At higher temperatures and, preferably, alkaline pH, intramolecular SS bonds in gliadin underwent β-elimination reactions, leading to the formation of dehydroalanine (DHA) and free sulfhydryl (SH) groups. The latter interchanged rapidly with SS bonds, leading to intermolecular SS bonds and gliadin extractability loss. When free SH groups had been formed, gliadin extractability in SDS buffer decreased following first-order reaction kinetics, the reaction rate constant of which increased with temperature and pH. Furthermore, the extractabilities of α- and γ-gliadin in 70% ethanol decreased according to first-order reaction kinetics. ω-Gliadin extractability was much less affected. Under the experimental conditions, gliadin polymerization through SH-SS interchange occurred much more rapidly than β-elimination of cystine.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Food Chemistry and Biochemistry and Leuven Food Science and Nutrition Research Centre (LFoRCe), Katholieke Universiteit Leuven , Kasteelpark Arenberg 20, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium. bert.lagrain@biw.kuleuven.be
authors.forename: Bert
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lagrain
authors.forename: Ine
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Rombouts
authors.forename: Kristof
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Brijs
authors.forename: Jan A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Delcour
mesh_terms: D004220:Disulfides / Q000737:chemistry; D005903:Gliadin / Q000737:chemistry*; D006358:Hot Temperature; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D007700:Kinetics; D058105:Polymerization; D012639:Seeds / Q000737:chemistry; D013816:Thermodynamics; D014908:Triticum / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D004220:Disulfides; D005903:Gliadin