Scientia Agricultura Sinica ›› 2023, Vol. 56 ›› Issue (21): 4318-4329.doi: 10.3864/j.issn.0578-1752.2023.21.014

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Effects of Different Salt Ions on the Gel Properties and Molecular Interactions of Quinoa Protein

FENG Xiao(), WU ChaoSheng(), YANG YuLing, FU LiXiao, CHEN LongWei, TANG XiaoZhi()   

  1. College of Food Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Finance and Economics/Collaborative Innovation Center for Modern Grain Circulation and Safety/Key Laboratory for Quality Safety Control and Deep Processing of Cereals and Oils, Nanjing 210023
  • Received:2023-02-06 Accepted:2023-08-18 Online:2023-11-01 Published:2023-11-06
  • Contact: TANG XiaoZhi

Abstract:

【Objective】This research studied the effects of different salt ions on the gel properties of quinoa protein, and explored its molecular mechanisms, so as to provide a theoretical basis for the processing of quinoa protein gels.【Method】Quinoa protein was extracted by alkali extraction and acid precipitation. Quinoa protein solution (20%, w/v) was prepared at pH 7.0. NaCl, CaCl2, CaSO4 and MgCl2 was added in quinoa protein solution till the concentration was 50 mmol∙L-1, and then the solution was heated in a water bath to prepare quinoa protein gels. The effects of salt ions on the texture, water retention, color properties and water distribution of quinoa protein gels were analyzed. Meanwhile, the effects of salt ions on the microstructure and rheological properties of quinoa protein gels were studied by scanning electron microscopy and rheometer. The effects of salt ions on the molecular interactions and secondary structure of protein gels were also analyzed.【Result】The addition of salt ions significantly decreased the hardness and water holding capacity, while increased the springiness of quinoa protein gels under pH 7.0. Quinoa protein gels with MgCl2 showed the lowest hardness and water holding capacity. NaCl addition had no significant influence on the color properties of protein gels. However, the addition of bivalent salt ions significantly improved the lightness and whiteness of quinoa protein gels, and their whiteness increased from 59.62 to 67.80 with the addition of CaCl2. Furthermore, the addition of salt ions promoted granular aggregation of quinoa protein, which made the gel network structure become coarse. Coarse and larger gaps were observed in the microstructure of quinoa protein gels when divalent salt ions were added. Meanwhile, compared with blank gels and gels added with NaCl, the addition of divalent salt ions significantly decreased the content of disulfide bond, and weakened the electrostatic interactions within quinoa protein gels. Furthermore, the addition of salt ions decreased the contents of β-sheets and β-turns, increased the contents of α-helix and random coil, which affected the orderliness of protein secondary structure.【Conclusion】Under neutral conditions, the gel properties of quinoa protein and microstructure of gels were affected by the presence of different salt ions to various degrees. Compared with the gel prepared with NaCl, quinoa protein gels with the same concentration of CaCl2, CaSO4, and MgCl2 showed rougher microstructure, lower gel hardness and water holding capacity, as divalent salt ions significantly decreased the disulfide bond content and weakened the electrostatic interactions within quinoa protein gels.

Key words: quinoa protein isolate, protein gels, secondary structure, water distribution, molecular interaction

Fig. 1

The effects of different salt ions on the texture of quinoa protein gel Different lowercase letters indicate significant difference (P<0.05). The same as below"

Fig. 2

The effects of different salt ions on the water holding capacity of quinoa protein gel"

Fig. 3

LF-NMR spectra of different salt ions addition QPI gels (A), and the moisture distribution of gels (B)"

Table 1

The effects of different salt ions on the color properties of quinoa protein gels"

组别 Group L* a* b* W
空白 Blank 60.82±0.55c -1.31±0.09cd 9.63±0.87a 59.62±0.73c
氯化钠 NaCl 60.60±0.27c -1.26±0.11c 9.94±1.43a 59.33±0.54c
氯化钙 CaCl2 69.60±1.54a -0.81±0.05a 10.54±0.74a 67.80±1.21a
硫酸钙 CaSO4 64.79±0.91b -1.44±0.02d 10.04±1.02a 63.35±0.65b
氯化镁 MgCl2 63.75±0.67b -1.07±0.07b 11.34±0.70a 61.99±0.45b

Fig. 4

Effect of adding different salt ions on the intermolecular forces within QPI gels"

Fig. 5

Influence of different salt ions on the appearance and microstructure of QPI gels"

Fig. 6

Changes of G' and G" of QPI solution with different salt ions during temperature sweep analysis"

Fig. 7

FTIR spectra of different QPI gels"

Table 2

The effects of different salt ions on the secondary structure of QPI gels"

β-折叠 β-Sheet (%) 无规则卷曲 Random coil (%) α-螺旋 α-Helix (%) β-转角β-Turns (%)
空白 Blank 51.6±0.4a 13.1±0.1c 12.7±0.6c 22.5±0.4a
氯化钠 NaCl 46.9±3.6b 18.5±1.5b 17.7±1.6b 16.9±3.8b
氯化钙 CaCl2 43.0±0.4c 21.1±0.0a 19.5±0.1a 16.3±0.2b
硫酸钙 CaSO4 44.6±1.2bc 19.9±0.9ab 19.0±0.7ab 16.5±1.3b
氯化镁 MgCl2 43.9±1.1bc 21.2±0.5a 18.8±0.5ab 16.0±0.4b
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