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Clustering and cross-linking of the wheat storage protein α-gliadin : A combined experimental and theoretical approach

Markgren, Joel LU ; Rasheed, Faiza ; Hedenqvist, Mikael S. ; Skepö, Marie LU and Johansson, Eva (2022) In International Journal of Biological Macromolecules 211. p.592-615
Abstract

Our aim was to understand mechanisms for clustering and cross-linking of gliadins, a wheat seed storage protein type, monomeric in native state, but incorporated in network while processed. The mechanisms were studied utilizing spectroscopy and high-performance liquid chromatography on a gliadin-rich fraction, in vitro produced α-gliadins, and synthetic gliadin peptides, and by coarse-grained modelling, Monte Carlo simulations and prediction algorithms. In solution, gliadins with α-helix structures (dip at 205 nm in CD) were primarily present as monomeric molecules and clusters of gliadins (peaks at 650- and 700-s on SE-HPLC). At drying, large polymers (Rg 90.3 nm by DLS) were formed and β-sheets increased (14% by FTIR).... (More)

Our aim was to understand mechanisms for clustering and cross-linking of gliadins, a wheat seed storage protein type, monomeric in native state, but incorporated in network while processed. The mechanisms were studied utilizing spectroscopy and high-performance liquid chromatography on a gliadin-rich fraction, in vitro produced α-gliadins, and synthetic gliadin peptides, and by coarse-grained modelling, Monte Carlo simulations and prediction algorithms. In solution, gliadins with α-helix structures (dip at 205 nm in CD) were primarily present as monomeric molecules and clusters of gliadins (peaks at 650- and 700-s on SE-HPLC). At drying, large polymers (Rg 90.3 nm by DLS) were formed and β-sheets increased (14% by FTIR). Trained algorithms predicted aggregation areas at amino acids 115–140, 150–179, and 250–268, and induction of liquid-liquid phase separation at P- and Poly-Q-sequences (Score = 1). Simulations showed that gliadins formed polymers by tail-to-tail or a hydrophobic core (Kratky plots and Ree = 35 and 60 for C- and N-terminal). Thus, the N-terminal formed clusters while the C-terminal formed aggregates by disulphide and lanthionine bonds, with favoured hydrophobic clustering of similar/exact peptide sections (synthetic peptide mixtures on SE-HPLC). Mechanisms of clustering and cross-linking of the gliadins presented here, contribute ability to tailor processing results, using these proteins.

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  author       = {{Markgren, Joel and Rasheed, Faiza and Hedenqvist, Mikael S. and Skepö, Marie and Johansson, Eva}},
  issn         = {{0141-8130}},
  keywords     = {{Disulphide bonds; Monte Carlo simulations; Polymers; Synthetic peptides}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  pages        = {{592--615}},
  publisher    = {{Elsevier}},
  series       = {{International Journal of Biological Macromolecules}},
  title        = {{Clustering and cross-linking of the wheat storage protein α-gliadin : A combined experimental and theoretical approach}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2022.05.032}},
  doi          = {{10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2022.05.032}},
  volume       = {{211}},
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