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Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Effect of Barley beta-glucan on Gluten Polymerization Process in Dough during Heat Treatment

Ze-Hua Huang, Yang Zhao, Ke-Xue Zhu*, Xiao-Na Guo, Wei Peng, Hui-Ming Zhou*

State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Collaborative Innovation Center for Food Safety and Quality Control, School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Avenue, Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, 214122, PR China

Corresponding authors: Prof. Ke-Xue Zhu Fax: +86 510 85329037 Tel: +86 510 85329037 E-mail: [email protected] Prof. Hui-Ming Zhou Fax: +86 510 85329037 Tel: +86 510 85329037 E-mail: [email protected]

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ABSTRACT: Barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) beta glucan (BBG) is of interest due to its

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health benefits, but BBG presents significant disrupts on gluten network with a negative

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impact on food texture. To clarify the interaction between BBG and gluten in dough, the

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dynamic rheological, thermo-chemical process of gluten and micro-structure of dough

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with BBG during heating were detected. The results showed that BBG delayed gluten

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thermal polymerization reaction during heating, and affected polymerization of specific

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molecular weight protein subunits. These impacts depended on heating temperature and

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time. When heating under 25~65 °C, tanδ of the dough reached the highest level at BBG

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concentration of 1%. However, under the temperature of 65~95 °C, tanδ was positively

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correlated with BBG content (0~3%). The DSC curves revealed that peak temperature

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(TP) of the two endothermic peaks increased by 3.86 °C and 3.10 °C respectively.

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SE-HPLC analysis showed that BBG mainly affected the peak area of gliadin and

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glutenin. Furthermore, after added 3% BBG, the bands of 59.8 and 64.9 kDa in

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SDS-PAGE patterns delayed vanishing for 120 s when heating at 95 °C. Therefore, BBG

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delayed the polymerization reaction of specific molecular weight protein subunits rather

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than all the proteins.

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Key words: Barley β-glucan, dough, rheology, gluten, heating process, protein

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polymerization


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INTRODUCTION

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Researches on improving human metabolic function through diet control have been

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heightened in recent years. It is attributable to the increasing incidence of chronic

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metabolic diseases such as coronary heart disease and type-2 diabetes. Barley beta

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glucan (BBG) provides a variety of health benefits such as lower serum cholesterol

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levels

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of BBG, U.S. Food and Drug Administration 3 and EFSA 4 have approved health claims

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for BBG. It was found that BBG content increased from outer to inner of barley grain 5,

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and the highest concentration was in center of barley endosperm 6. Thus, barley flours

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could be sieved or air-classified to produce fractions with enhanced levels of beta-glucan

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up to 25% 7. Recently, some simplified and economic feasible methods to extract BBG

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were introduced 8, these functional and bioactive barley products rich in beta-glucan

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could be functional ingredients in food industry.

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and attenuate postprandial blood glucose 2. Because of the functional activities

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Incorporation of barley in various food products, including bread, pasta and

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noodles, has been accomplished with moderate success 9. However, adding BBG to food

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will inevitably lead to some problems, such as damaging the structure of gluten matrix.

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As a hydrophilic colloid, BBG significantly changed food texture as well as nutritional

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and functional properties

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displayed smaller volume and darker color than those made from pure wheat flour 11.

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The deformation quantity, flowability and viscoelasticity of dough under low stress

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could be increased by BBG

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hardness of bread crumbs was reduced by the increasing of BBG level 13.

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. Bread made from mixed wheat flour with barley powder

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. While the bread structure became rougher, and the



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Previously studies on the processing technology of food production process had

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been carried out, including optimizing the content of BBG 14, selecting the appropriate

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BBG varieties

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and addition of additives (carboxy propyl methyl cellulose, etc.)

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mechanism of BBG weakening the dough or its derivative products quality was still not

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fully understood. Some studies trying to explain the influencing mechanism of other

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dietary fibers in food. Lebesi et al. 18 studied the influence of dietary fiber or bran on the

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porosity formation in cake, and speculated that dietary fiber increased the viscosity of

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the batter and thus provided more stable and voluminous cakes. It is well known, the

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characters of the gluten net are important to the quality of wheat products. Indeed, some

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dietary fibers might interfere with the formation of the gluten net structure mechanically

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that, in bread dough, surface layer properties of the dough liquor components were the

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key parameters in gas retention.

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, as well as preliminary fermentation on whole barley powder

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. However, the

, and cause the destruction of "gas cell" in the dough 20. Primo-Martin

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suggested

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Hydrocolloids can strongly affect the secondary conformation of proteins 22 and the

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hydration properties of gluten 23. As a kind of hydrocolloids, BBG is tightly bound with

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large amounts of water in dough. BBG competes with protein for water absorption,

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which is detrimental to the formation of gluten network, and affects the dough formation

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time and stability

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cooking

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buffer fell sharply, which showed that protein polymerized acutely during cooking

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process

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, and further affects the food quality and structure in process of

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. After cooking, the protein extractability in sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS)

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. The initial polymerizing temperature of glutenin and gliadin were different.


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First, they formed inter- and intra-chain disulfide bond respectively, and when the

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temperature

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sulfhydryl/disulphide interchange reactions

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polymerization processes might be divided into several segments. But there was little

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systematic information about interaction between BBG and gluten on the protein

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thermal polymerization procedure during heating process.

reached

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value,

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complexes

through

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. This process indicated that gluten

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The objective of this study was to determine the effect of BBG on the

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physicochemical properties of dough and formation procedure of gluten matrix during

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heat-treatment. Effects of BBG on the rheological property of dough before or during

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heating treatment were analyzed. Furthermore, component and molecular weight

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distribution analysis of protein in the dough with or without BBG were performed with

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size-exclusion high-performance liquid chromatography (SE-HPLC) and sodium

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dodecyl sulfate–polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) respectively, to

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integrate the procedure of gluten thermal polymerization. Meanwhile, the dynamic

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thermo-chemical change in the dough were determined by DSC. The fluorescence

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microscope was also applied in this study to intuitively reveal dynamic progress of

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BBG-gluten interaction at different temperature.

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MATERALS AND METHODS

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Materials Barley flour (13.3% moisture, 67.3% starch, 10.1% protein, 2.7%

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β-glucan, 1.4% lipids, and 0.96% ash) was obtained from Dafeng Dade barley trade Co.,

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Ltd. (Yancheng, China). Wheat flour (WF, 13.6% moisture, 70.8% starch, 11.3% protein,

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0.25% β-glucan, 1.5% lipids, and 0.45% ash) supplied by Keming Noodle



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Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (Yiyang, China). The other reagents were of analytical grade.

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Extraction of Barley β-glucan. BBG was extracted using the method given by

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Kim and Sayar et al 26, 27 with some modifications showed as follow: (1) pretreatment of

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barley flours with 85% (v/v) ethanol refluxing for 2 h at 85 °C. (2) BBG extraction was

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carried out by dispersing exactly weighted 100.0 g of pretreated barley flour in 1.0 L of

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distilled water (pre-heated to 55°C), and the pH of the mixture was adjusted to 7.0 by 2

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mol/L NaOH and 2 mol/L HCl. The mixture was held at 55°C and stirred mildly for 2h.

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Supernatant was collected after centrifuged at 7690 × g for 30 min. (3) Contaminating

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starch was hydrolyzed by thermostable α-amylase (preheated to 95°C and kept for

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30min, Jiangsu Ruiyang Biotech Co. LTD., Wuxi, China) at 10U/mL, pH 6.5,

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temperature 95°C for 30min. (4) Contaminating proteins were removed by pancreatin

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from hog pancreas (Sigma-Aldrich Shanghai Trading Co Ltd, Shanghai, China) at

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0.05mg/ml, pH4.5, 40°C for 3h. (5) BBG was obtained by precipitating with 95% (v/v)

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ethanol, then the sediments were washed twice with 95% (v/v) ethanol and freeze-dried.

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Beta-glucan contents and the molecular weight were determined by AACC method

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(Approved Method 32-23, AACC 2000) and size-exclusion high-performance liquid

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chromatography (SE-HPLC) method 28. The contents and molecular weight of purified

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BBG samples were 91.63% and 1.74×106 Da.

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Preparation of BBG/WF mixed dough. BBG/WF ratio of the dough was 0/100,

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0.5/99.5, 1/99, 3/97. Accurately weighted BBG was dispersed in distilled water and

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stirred mildly in water bath at 85 °C until completely dissolved. After cooling to room

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temperature (25 °C), the BBG solution was adjusted to a certain volume to make sure


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that every dough was prepared at a constant water absorption of 60% (v/w, basis on the

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total weight of BBG and WF). The dough was obtained by mixing BBG solution and

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WF in a pin mixer (Beijing Dongfu Jiuheng Instrument Technology Co. Ltd., Beijing,

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China) at 104±5 r/min for 4.5 minutes. The dough above was prepared for rheological

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and DSC measurements, and freeze-dried dough was ground into powder for SE-HPLC,

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SDS-PAGE and fluorescence microscope tests.

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Rheological Measurements. Rheological properties of wheat dough were

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measured using a DHR3 rheometer

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piece was cut from the wheat dough and loaded in the plate and plate geometry

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(diameter of 40 mm, and gap of 1 mm). The wheat dough was equilibrated for about 5

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min, before rheological determination. The storage modulus (G′) and loss modulus (G″)

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and tanδ of the wheat dough were recorded within the linear viscoelastic area of wheat

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dough. The analysis was performed in duplicate.

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(TA instruments, West Sussex, U.K.). A small

(1) The frequency scanning tests were performed with the frequency sweep changed from 0.01 to 10 Hz, at a constant strain of 0.2%.

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(2) The temperature scanning tests were performed with strain of 0.2%. The edge of

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the dough piece was covered with silicone oil. The dough piece was heated from 25 °C

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to different temperature (55, 65, 75, 85, 95 °C) at a rate of 5 °C/min, and held at 95 °C

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for 0, 60, 180, 300 s respectively. After heated to different level, the dough pieces were

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freeze-dried and grinded for SE-HPLC, SDS-PAGE and fluorescence microscope tests.

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Differential Scanning Calorimeter Analysis. Thermal properties of the wheat

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dough were determined by differential scanning calorimeter (DSC8500, PerkinElmer,



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Waltham, MA) in N2 flow after calibration with indium and tin. The measurement was

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performed according to the method of Sozer

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equilibrating the dough for 5 min, sample (9~10 mg) was accurately weighed into

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aluminium sample pans. An empty pan was used as reference. The pans were sealed and

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heated from 25 to 110 °C at a rate of 10 °C/min. The onset temperature (To), peak

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temperature (TP), conclusion temperature (Tc), and enthalpy (∆H) were recorded.

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with slight modifications. After

SE-HPLC Analysis. According to the method of Guo

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and Lagrain

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, under

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nonreducing conditions, raw wheat flour and freeze-dried wheat dough samples

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(containing 1.0 mg protein) were accurately weighted and dispersed in 1.0 mL of sodium

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phosphate buffer (PBS, 0.02 M, pH 6.8) containing 2% sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS).

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After vortex oscillation 30min and centrifugation (10 min, 5220 × g), the supernatant

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was filtrated over polyethersulfone (Millex-HP, 0.45 µm, polyethersulfone).

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The SE-HPLC analysis was performed using LC-2010 system (Shimadzu, Kyoto,

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Japan). A sample of 50 µL was loaded on a TSK G4000-SWXL analytical column

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(Tosoh Biosep, Tokyo, Japan). The elution solvent was PBS (0.02 M, pH 6.8) containing

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2% SDS at the flow rate of 0.7 mL/min. The elution curve was monitored at 214 nm, at

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the column temperature of 30 °C. To calculate the protein extractability in SDS buffer

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(SDSEP) content, the peak area under the SE profile is integrated with LCSolution Lite

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software (Shimadzu, Kyoto, Japan).

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SDS-PAGE Analysis. SDS-PAGE tests were performed according to the method of

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Wang

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freeze-dried BBG/WF dough were extracted separately. The extraction buffer was 0.05

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, included three parts. The non-reduced protein and reduced protein of


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mol/L Tris-HCl of pH 6.8, containing 10 % (w/v) SDS, 10 % (v/v) glycerol, and 0.1 %

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(w/v) bromophenol blue. All samples (containing 1.0 mg of protein) were dispersed in 1

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mL of the extraction buffer and shaken for 30 min. Then the dispersion was centrifuged

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at 7690 × g for 15 min, non-reduced SDS-extractable protein was contained in the

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supernatant, which was used in the tests of part (1). Take 0.5 ml of the supernatant, and

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an equal volume of 4% (w/v) dithiothreitol (DTT) was mixed under the protection of N2

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with the supernatant for 15 minutes, the mixture was centrifuged and the supernatant

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was used as reduced SDS-extractable protein in the tests of part (2). For part (3), the

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residue in part (1) was dispersed in the buffer above of 1 mL with 2% (w/v) DTT added.

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After shaken and centrifugation again, the reduced SDS non-extractable protein was

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contained in the supernatant. The protein extracts in (1) ~ (3) were heated for 3 min at

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100 °C, and then centrifuged for 10 min at 7690 × g.

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Separating gel (12%, pH 8.8) and stacking gel (5%, pH 6.8) were prepared by

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premixed gel‐casting buffers of 29:1 Acrylamide/Bis solutions, 4 × Tris-HCL/SDS

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buffer, pH 8.8 and 4 × Tris-HCL/SDS buffer, pH 6.8 (Sangon Biotech, Shanghai, China).

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Electrophoresis was performed in a vertical electrophoresis cell (DYCZ-28A, Beijing

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Liuyi Biotechnology Co., Ltd.), with running buffer of 0.025 mol/L Tris-glycine buffer

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(pH 8.3), and sample volume of 15 µL for (1) or (3) and 30 µL for (2), and running

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voltage of 100 V. The molecular weight markers as follows: Rabbit phosphorylase B (97

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400 Da), bovine serum albumin (66 200 Da), rabbit actin (43 000 Da), bovine carbonic

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anhydrase (31 000 Da), trypsin inhibitor (20 100 Da), hen egg white lysozyme (14 400

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Da).



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Fluorescence microscopy The images were filmed according to the method

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described by Silva

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(CM1850 UV, Leica, German), then stained with Calcoflour White (0.01%, v/v,

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preferentially stain BBG), and a solution of Fluorescein 5-isothiocyanate (FITC, 0.25%,

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w/v, preferentially stain starch) and Rhodamin B (0.025%, w/v, preferentially stain

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protein). The stained samples were observed through a fluorescence microscope (Axio

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Vert A1, Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH, Jena, German) using the LED filter set with

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excitation/emission wavelengths at 410/455 for Calcoflour White, 488/518 nm for FITC,

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and 568/625 nm Rhodamin B, respectively. The samples were observed with a 40 ×

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objective lens coupled with an AxioCam MRC Zeiss camera and Zen 2012 software.

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and Sikora

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. The samples were sliced by freezing microtome

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Statistical Analysis. Significant differences of evaluated parameters among

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different samples were analyzed with SPSS statistical software (Version 22.0, SPSS Inc.,

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Chicago, IL, USA), by the method of one-way-analysis of variance (ANOVA). p < 0.05

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was considered to be significant.

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RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

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Effect of BBG on dynamic rheological and thermomechanical properties of

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dough

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As shown in Fig. 1a and 1b, both storage (G′) and loss (G″) moduli were increased

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with BBG. And at all the frequency range examined, the dough showed the elastic

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behavior. These results were in agreement with previous researches

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frequency ranges, the tanδ changed positively with the BBG content. While within high

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frequency range, the tanδ increased to a maximum value at 1% BBG concentration and


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. At low

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then decreased (Fig 1c). These results illustrated that the dough tended to be solid-like

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behavior when deformed slowly, but liquid-like when sheared at high rate

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shear rate was slow enough that the dough was always close to mechanical equilibrium

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tanδ indicated the formation of soft and sticky dough by adding BBG. Water may be

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present in dough as large regions of bulk water, dispersed in the protein network as small

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drop, as well as implanted or surround in the starch granules 38. BBG tightly bind large

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amounts of water and changed the moisture distribution in the dough

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competitive adsorption of water on the large regions of bulk water

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shear rate and content of BBG made the dough more solid-like.

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. When

, therefore, the tanδ at low frequency ranges implied the dough structure, and the rising

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. And BBG

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.Thus, the higher

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The dynamic rheological Temperature scanning had been shown in Fig. 1d, 1e, and

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1f. Under 25~55 °C, G′ and G″ of the doughs were slightly lowered. In the temperature

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ranged from 55~95 °C, G′ and G″ both reached the peak value in the temperature range

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of 65~75 °C, the tanδ reached maximum value around 65 °C, and then G′, G″, tanδ

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decreased. These results indicated that protein polymerization and starch gelatinization

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in the dough started around the temperature of 55 °C.

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The impact of BBG content on dynamic rheological parameters varied with

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different heating period. At low temperature, with BBG level increased, G′, G″, tanδ

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showed a similar trend to the frequency sweep of shear rate at 1 Hz (Fig 1a and 1b).

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However, when protein polymerization reaction continued, a high strength of dough

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texture was formed

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with the control (0%), the dough with BBG was more fluidic, and after heat-treatment

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.Thus, during 65~95 °C, tanδ was reduced quickly. Compared



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accomplished, tanδ was positively correlated with BBG level (0.5~3%). An explanation

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for this result might be that BBG affected the thermo-polymerization behavior of gluten,

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and damaged food texture.36

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Effect of BBG on DSC thermodynamical curves of dough

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As showed in Fig 2, there were 2 endothermic peaks in the DSC curve of the wheat

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dough at 65 °C and 85 °C, marked as P1 and P2 respectively. In heat-treatment process,

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dough endothermic peaks indicated that starch gelatinization and protein polymerization

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at 65 °C and 85 °C

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addition of BBG of 3%, peak temperature of P1 and P2 were increased, from 65.04 °C

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and 85.26 °C to 68.90 °C and 88.36 °C respectively. Large amounts of water tightly bind

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to BBG in dough, reduced the available water amount of protein and starch in dough

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system, and made it harder for physicochemical reactions to be started

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possibility was the proportion of components in the dough such as protein was changed

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due to the addition of BBG. Furthermore, the net formed by BBG intercrossed in the

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structure of gluten matrix, these changed the route of chemical progresses in the dough

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system during thermal treatment.

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, which was consistent with the results of rheological tests. With

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. Another

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For further clarifying, the reasons for these phenomena above and the interactions

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between BBG and protein in the dough, the changes of protein composition and content

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during heat-treatment were investigated by SE-HPLC and SDS-PAGE tests.

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Effect of BBG on SDS solubility of proteins during heat treatment

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The protein extractability in SDS buffer (SDSEP) was a good indicator of protein

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thermal-polymerization 31 42. As shown in the SE-HPLC curves, compare with the dough


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without BBG, obvious changes were observed in peak areas of glutenin and gliadin by

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addition of 3% BBG to the dough, but there was little change in the peak areas of

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albumin and globulin (Fig. 3). When the temperature was higher than 75 °C, the loss in

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glutenin extractability in SDS buffer was significant both in dough with and without

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BBG, while the loss in gliadin extractability in SDS buffer was less significant. The

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aggregation of protein led to a decrease in the protein extractability in SDS buffer

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Therefore, the results indicated that glutenin was more sensitive to heat-treatment than

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globulin. In addition, adding BBG in dough increased glutenin extractability in SDS

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buffer, but decreased that of gliadin. This phenomenon suggested that BBG showed

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different effects on glutenin and gliadin during heating processes. It was reported that

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glutenin was the major components that confer elasticity to the dough

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impart viscous properties 45, and the amount and properties of the high molecular weight

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glutenin polymers was related to dough strength. Therefore, a less aggregation of

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glutenin (less elasticity & lower G′) and more aggregation of gliadin (more viscous &

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higher G″) made the dough more fluidic. These confirmed the result of rheological tests,

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which showed BBG weakened the dough and increased the ratio of tanδ (tanδ=G″/G′)

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after heat-treatment.

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.

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, the gliadins

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Effect of BBG on electrophoretic profiles of proteins in dough

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To evaluate changes in polymerization of gluten in the heat treatment process,

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unreduced SDS-PAGE (Fig.4a) and reduced SDS-PAGE (Fig. 4b) of SDS extractable

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protein in dough of 3% BBG were analyzed. As the temperature increased, the intensity

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of high molecular weight aggregates bands were found an obvious decrease on the top of



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separation gel. The profile showed very faint bands that would correspond to high

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molecular weight glutenin between 43.2 kDa and 117.1 kDa. While bands could be

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assigned to α-, β- or γ-gliadins of 31.7, 33.1, 34.6, 37.6 kDa were clear, and also clear

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bands that would correspond to albumin and globulins from 13.9~27.7 kDa (Fig 4a) 22.In

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the reduced electrophoretic profile (Fig. 4b), we observed dark bands that would

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correspond to high molecular weight glutenin subunits (HMW-GS, 67~103.2 kDa) and

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low molecular weight glutenin subunits (LMW-GS, 30~45 kDa) 46. The high molecular

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weight protein subunits (ranging from 40.4 kDa up to 103.2 kDa) presented a tendency

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for intensity of bands to decrease with temperature increase. However, whether in the

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reduced or unreduced SDS extractable protein electrophoretic profiles, the intensity

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changes of bands from 32.3 kDa to 37.6 kDa in the profiles were not obvious. The

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different changing trends of high molecular weight subunits and low molecular weight

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subunits in SDS-PAGE were consistent with the results of the SE-HPLC tests, in which

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different effect trends of BBG on different proteins were observed during heating.

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As shown in Fig. 4b, the two bands of 59.2 kDa and 64.2 kDa vanished at the

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temperature of 95 °C (in parentheses ‐), and similarly, the bands of 42.0 kDa and 43.9

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kDa vanished in heat-process of 95 °C 180 s (in parentheses ‐). These results would

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suggest there was a temperature threshold effect in thermal-polymerization reactions of

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these subunits, when reached critical temperature thermal-polymerization reactions

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occurred quickly. In Fig. 4c and 4d, the two bands of 59.8 kDa and 64.9 kDa (in

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parentheses ‐) could be considered as the same protein subunits as in Fig. 4b marked in

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parentheses ‐ with slight shift. With BBG added, the two bands vanished at 95 °C 180 s


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(in parentheses ‐), compared with control (in parentheses ‐), the vanished time of the

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two bands was delayed by 120 s. These phenomena indicated that BBG delayed the

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protein polymerization.

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During heat-treatment, the polymerization of protein formed macropolymers, which

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cannot be extracted in SDS buffer 43. Thus, changes of the polymerization substrate can

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be reflected through SDS-extractable protein, and changes of polymerization products

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can be reflected by SDS non-extractable protein. After extracting SDS-extractable

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protein with SDS buffer, the SDS non-extractable protein was contained in the residue.

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And a part of high aggregated protein could be extractable again when the residue was

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treated by DTT. Though thermo-polymerization in the dough system mainly occurred

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between glutenin and gliadin through disulfide bond

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formed through non-disulfide bonds could not be extracted by SDS buffer. As in Fig. 4c

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and 4d, with the increase of temperature, the intensity of the protein bands increased first

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and then decreased. These suggested that during heating treatment, disulfide

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polymerization occurred first, as heating temperature and time increase, and then

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non-disulfide polymerization formed, which were possibly resulted in the decrease of

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the intensity of bands

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incorporation of BBG in dough, followed by the change of polymerization reaction

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product and protein net structure, finally affected the senses of food. Furthermore, since

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the polymerization of specific protein subunits was delayed by BBG, if these protein

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subunits could be removed or modified, the negative effects of BBG on food texture

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might be avoided.

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, however, the macropolymers

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. This protein polymerization procedure was delayed by the



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Fluorescent photomicrographs analysis of different heat-treatment segments of dough with or without BBG

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In the fluorescent photomicrographs of the dough, the blue zones represented BBG,

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the green zones represented starch, and the red zones represented protein. The

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multicolored image on the right side of each row was the combination of the three single

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colored images, in which yellow for starch-protein overlap, and purple for BBG-protein

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overlap.

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At 25 °C, the starch was not swelled with clear particle outlines. The shape of

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gluten was like cloud without net structure, while BBG distributed as dots. With the

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rising of temperature, starch was getting to swell at 55~75 °C, the volume of starch

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granules expanded, and the outlines of starch granules obscured. The punctate BBG

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turned to forming reticular structure, the melting process of BBG gel was occurred.

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Meanwhile, the network structure of protein was built by thermal polymerization

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preliminarily. When the temperature continued rising to 95 °C and maintained for 300 s,

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the starch particles swelled and pasted furtherly. The net of BBG and gluten began to

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interpenetrate, and in the multicolored image, the purple area stood for the compound

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net of gluten and BBG gel could be clearly observed.

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This suggested that, before heated, due to the strong water bonding capability, BBG

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absorbed plenty of free water and formed agglomerate gel particles in the gaps between

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protein and starch granules. Meanwhile, BBG, starch and protein took differentiated

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zones in the dough, without overlap. This could be seen from the multicolored image, in

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which blue, green and red zones were independent of each other. When at the


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heat-process of 55~75 °C, yellow area appeared in the multicolored image clearly,

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suggesting that starch and protein overlapped in more zones. This was due to the initially

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pasted starch encroached in the net of gluten and BBG gel. Finally, after the

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heat-treatment, gluten and BBG formed complex network, wrapped gelatinized starch,

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all the materials formed the food texture.

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In conclusion, according to the results of SDS-PAGE, SE-HPLC and DSC, BBG

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delayed protein thermal polymerization reaction during heating, and affected

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polymerization of specific molecular weight protein subunits. These impacts depended

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on heating temperature and time. This conclusion was supported by the results of

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dynamic rheological parameters and flourescence micrographs. Since protein

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polymerization reaction in dough were hindered by BBG, wheat product quality could

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be improved by optimizing processing technology and formulation. For example,

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superior heating methods could be used to promote protein thermal-crosslinking.

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Meanwhile, natural gluten fortifiers such as vitamin C, lipoxidase, glucose oxidase etc.

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could also be compounded to enhancing gluten structure. Then, the enormous health

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benefits of BBG could be popularized in wheat products with satisfying flavor and

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texture.

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Abbreviations Used

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BBG, barley beta-glucan; DSC, Differential Scanning Calorimeter; TP, peak temperature;

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SE-HPLC, size-exclusion high-performance liquid chromatography; SDS-PAGE,

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sodium dodecyl sulfate–polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis; EFSA, European food

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safety authority; WF, wheat flour; G′, storage modulus; G″, loss modulus; PBS, sodium



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phosphate buffer; SDS, sodium dodecyl sulfate; SDSEP, protein extractability in SDS

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buffer; DTT, dithiothreitol.

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Corresponding Authors

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Funding

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This work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of

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China (Grant No. 31571871), Qing Lan Project, and the National Key Technology R&D

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Program (Grant No.2013AA102201) and the Jiangsu province "Collaborative

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Innovation Center for Modern Grain Circulation and Safety" industry development

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program.

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Notes

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The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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Acknowledgements

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The authors gratefully acknowledge Dr. Kun Yu, Dr. Jin-Rong Wang for their valuable

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comments. Furthermore, we want to express our gratitude to Dr Abdellatief Sulieman

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and Amr M. Bakry for improving the use of English in the manuscript.


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FIGURE CAPTIONS Fig. 1. Dynamic rheological (a, b, c) and thermomechanical (d, e, f) curves of wheat dough with or without BBG at different frequency and heating time. Labels presented in the graphics represent different substitution levels of BBG and the heating rate was 5 °C/min from 25 °C to 95 °C, held at 95 °C for 0, 60, 180, 300 s respectively.

Fig. 2. Effect of BBG on the thermal properties of dough during heating process, the lowercase letters indicate significant differences of the peak temperature in the inset graph marked P1 and P2 (p

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