title: Soft and Hard Textured Wheat Differ in Starch Properties as Indicated by Trimodal Distribution, Morphology, Thermal and Crystalline Properties.
abstract: Starch and proteins are major components in the wheat endosperm that affect its end product quality. Between the two textural classes of wheat i.e. hard and soft, starch granules are loosely bound with the lipids and proteins in soft wheat due to higher expression of interfering grain softness proteins. It might have impact on starch granules properties. In this work for the first time the physiochemical and structural properties of different sized starch granules (A-, B- and C-granules) were studied to understand the differences in starches with respect to soft and hard wheat. A-, B- and C-type granules were separated with >95% purity. Average number and proportion of A-, B-, and C-type granules was 18%, 56%, 26% and 76%, 19%, 5% respectively. All had symmetrical birefringence pattern with varied intensity. All displayed typical A-type crystallites. A-type granules also showed V-type crystallinity that is indicative of starch complexes with lipids and proteins. Granules differing in gelatinization temperature (ΔH) and transition temperature (ΔT), showed different enthalpy changes during heating. Substitution analysis indicated differences in relative substitution pattern of different starch granules. Birefringence, percentage crystallinity, transmittance, gelatinization enthalpy and substitution decreased in order of A>B>C being higher in hard wheat than soft wheat. Amylose content decreased in order of A>B>C being higher in soft wheat than hard wheat. Reconstitution experiment showed that starch properties could be manipulated by changing the composition of starch granules. Addition of A-granules to total starch significantly affected its thermal properties. Effect of A-granule addition was higher than B- and C-granules. Transmittance of the starch granules paste showed that starch granules of hard wheat formed clear paste. These results suggested that in addition to differences in protein concentration, hard and soft wheat lines have differences in starch composition also.
authors.affiliation: National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute, Mohali, Punjab, India.
authors.forename: Rohit
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.affiliation: National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute, Mohali, Punjab, India.
authors.forename: Aman
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.affiliation: National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute, Mohali, Punjab, India.
authors.forename: Nand Kishor
authors.initials: NK
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.affiliation: National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute, Mohali, Punjab, India.
authors.forename: Navneet
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kaur
authors.affiliation: National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute, Mohali, Punjab, India.
authors.forename: Venkatesh
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Chunduri
authors.affiliation: National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute, Mohali, Punjab, India.
authors.forename: Meenakshi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chawla
authors.affiliation: National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute, Mohali, Punjab, India.
authors.forename: Saloni
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.affiliation: Panjab University, Chandigarh, Punjab, India.
authors.forename: Kashmir
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.affiliation: National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute, Mohali, Punjab, India.
authors.forename: Monika
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Garg
mesh_terms: D001718:Birefringence; D003460:Crystallization; D056625:Endosperm / Q000737:chemistry*; D005433:Flour / Q000032:analysis; D006244:Hardness; D044367:Phase Transition; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry*; D013213:Starch / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D013696:Temperature; D013816:Thermodynamics; D044366:Transition Temperature; D014908:Triticum / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000145:classification
chemical_list: D010940:Plant Proteins; D013213:Starch
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