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Physicochemical alterations of wheat gluten proteins upon dough formation and frozen storage – A review from gluten, glutenin and gliadin perspectives

2015; Elsevier BV; Volume: 46; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.tifs.2015.10.005

1879-3053

Pei Wang, Zhengyu Jin, Xueming Xu,

Microbial Metabolites in Food Biotechnology

Gluten proteins are considered as quality determinants in cereal-based food product by forming the backbone structure of dough. Freezing technique has largely expanded the dough shelf life and brought revolutionary development to the bakery industry. However, deterioration of gluten network in frozen dough is one of the major factors leading to the quality loss of bakery products. During the manufacturing process of frozen dough, hydration with optimum mixing is the first and critical step to manage the control dough quality, followed by the freezing and frozen storage to achieve the long time storage of dough, which determines the final dough quality. Series of physicochemical alterations in gluten proteins occur upon the dough formation and frozen storage. Understanding these fundamental changes is important for the research community to propose more rational implementation of specific improvement principals for frozen dough. In this review, the physicochemical alterations of wheat gluten proteins are investigated from the perspectives of gluten and its component glutenin and gliadin. A more structure-ordered, homogeneous and elastic gluten network is formed at the optimum mixing stage as a consequence of glutenin and gliadin interactions. Comparative studies in different model systems demonstrate that further frozen storage exerts detrimental effects on gluten proteins in diverse ways from both gluten proteins-water interactions and structure-functionality perspectives.