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Release of flavonoids from lupin globulin proteins during digestion in a model system
Jaroslaw Czubinski1, Krzysztof Dwiecki, Aleksander Siger
1Department of Food Biochemistry and Analysis, Poznan University of Life Sciences, Poznan, Poland. jarczu@up.poznan.pl
Abstract:
Lupin seed globulin proteins form complexes with flavonoids, predominantly apigenin C-glycosides. Enzymes typical for the gastrointestinal tract were used to hydrolyze lupin seed globulins. Release of native flavonoids as a result of the proteolysis reaction was observed. Different analytical methods such as size exclusion chromatography, HPLC-MS, and fluorescence spectroscopy (steady-state fluorescence, fluorescence anisotropy, fluorescence lifetimes) were used for a detailed characterization of this phenomenon. Flavonoids liberated from lupin globulin proteins as a result of pancreatin-catalyzed digestion were bound by γ-conglutin resistant to this enzyme. Two possible mechanisms of this interaction may be suggested: hydrogen bonding between oligosaccharide chains of glycoproteins and the sugar moieties of the flavonoid glycosides or electrostatic attraction between positively charged γ-conglutin and flavonoids partially ionized at pH 7.5.
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