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Cell Wall Mannoproteins from Yeast Affect Salivary Protein-Flavanol Interactions through Different Molecular
Elvira Manjón1, Natércia F Brás2, Ignacio García-Estévez1
1Grupo de Investigación en Polifenoles (GIP), Departamento de Química Analítica, Nutrición y Bromatología, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca E37007, España.
Abstract:
It is known that interactions between wine flavanols and salivary proline-rich proteins (PRPs) are one of the main factors responsible for wine astringency. The addition of commercial yeast mannoproteins (MPs) to wines has been pointed to as a possible tool to modulate the excessive astringency due to a lack of phenolic maturity at harvest time that might occur as a consequence of global climate change. The aim of this work was to study by isothermal titration calorimetry and molecular dynamics simulation the molecular mechanisms by which mannoproteins could modulate astringency elicited by tannins and if it can be influenced by mannoprotein composition. Results obtained indicate that the MPs assayed had an important impact on astringency through the formation of ternary aggregates with different solubilities or by preventing the flavanol-PRP interaction by a competitive mechanism, although in a different strength, depending on the size and the compositional characteristic of the mannoprotein.
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