Rapid separation and characterization of grain water-soluble proteins in bread wheat cultivars (Triticum aestivum L.) by capillary electrophoresis

A-l Wang; Y-H Pei; X-H Li; Y-Z Zhang; Q. Zhang; Z-H He; X-C Xia; R. Appels; W. Ma; X-Q Huang; Y-M Yan

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Rapid separation and characterization of grain water-soluble proteins in bread wheat cultivars (Triticum aestivum L.) by capillary electrophoresis

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Rapid separation and characterization of grain water-soluble proteins in bread wheat cultivars (Triticum aestivum L.) by capillary electrophoresis

A-l Wang, Y-H Pei, X-H Li, Y-Z Zhang, Q. Zhang, Z-H He, X-C Xia, R. Appels, W. Ma, X-Q Huang, …

Canadian Journal of Plant Science, Vol.88(4), pp.843-848

2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4141/CJPS07013

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Abstract

Water-soluble (WS) proteins in wheat grain are considered to represent the suite of biologically active enzymes and enzyme inhibitors in the grain. In this study, a rapid capillary electrophoresis (CE) method for WS protein separations was developed using untreated fused-silica columns and an acidic phosphate-glycine buffer system. In order to optimize the resolution and reproducibility of CE separation, different protein extraction methods, organic modifiers in phosphate-glycine buffer and capillary electrophoresis conditions, including capillary length and inner diameter (ID), operating temperature, performance voltages, sample injection times, etc., were investigated. High resolution and reproducibility of WS proteins were achieved using 20% ethanol as the extracting buffer. The optimal condition to separate these proteins was 50 μm ID × 31.5 cm (26.5 cm to the detector) capillary at 11.0 kV and 35°C. The optimum buffer was 0.1 M phosphate-glycine (pH 2.5) containing 20% acetonitrile (ACN) and 0.05% hydroxylpropylmethylcellulose. Using this method, the WS proteins were well separated in less than 10 min. A total of 120 Chinese bread wheat cultivars were analyzed. The CE patterns of most bread wheat cultivars showed a higher level of polymorphisms compared with SDS-PAGE patterns. All cultivars analyzed could be readily differentiated based on their WS protein profiles. Results indicate that the WS proteins are useful biochemical markers for wheat genetics and breeding research and CE is expected to become a new and powerful tool for the separation and characterization of grain WS proteins in bread wheat.

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Title: Rapid separation and characterization of grain water-soluble proteins in bread wheat cultivars (Triticum aestivum L.) by capillary electrophoresis
Authors/Creators: A-l Wang (Author/Creator)
Y-H Pei (Author/Creator)
X-H Li (Author/Creator)
Y-Z Zhang (Author/Creator)
Q. Zhang (Author/Creator)
Z-H He (Author/Creator)
X-C Xia (Author/Creator)
R. Appels (Author/Creator)
W. Ma (Author/Creator)
X-Q Huang (Author/Creator)
Y-M Yan (Author/Creator)
Publication Details: Canadian Journal of Plant Science, Vol.88(4), pp.843-848
Publisher: Agricultural Institute of Canada
Identifiers: 991005543075207891
Murdoch Affiliation: Murdoch University
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article

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Collaboration types: Domestic collaboration; International collaboration
Citation topics: 3 Agriculture, Environment & Ecology; 3.85 Food Science & Technology; 3.85.99 Cereal Starch Properties
Web Of Science research areas: Agronomy; Plant Sciences
ESI research areas: Plant & Animal Science