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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-4-16
pubmed:abstractText
The conformation of wheat gluten proteins in their functional hydrated solid state (doughy state) has been studied for the first time using attenuated total reflection infrared spectroscopy. The amide I band of functional gluten proteins reveals that, in addition to beta-turns and alpha-helices, these proteins contain a significant amount of intra- and intermolecular extended beta-sheet structures. It appears that the solubilization of gluten proteins results in a major decrease of the amount of beta-sheet structures accompanied by an increase of the content of the beta-turn and alpha-helical conformations. In addition, the alpha-helices appears to be more distorted in solution than in the functional state. Furthermore, spectra of omega- and gamma-gliadins, which are two types of prolamins of differing amino acid sequence and conformation, confirm the results obtained on the functional protein system. These results suggest that viscoelastic gluten proteins may interact through aligned beta-sheets corresponding to their repetitive domains.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0014-5793
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
16
pubmed:volume
299
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
247-50
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Conformation of wheat gluten proteins. Comparison between functional and solution states as determined by infrared spectroscopy.
pubmed:affiliation
CERSIM, Département de chimie, Université Laval, Cité Universitaire, Québec, Canada.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't