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Enhanced synthesis of succinylated whey protein isolate by pulsed electric field pretreatment
Fei-Yue Xu1, Qing-Hui Wen2, Rui Wang1
1School of Food Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China; Overseas Expertise Introduction Center for Discipline Innovation of Food Nutrition and Human Health (111 Center), Guangzhou, China.
Abstract:
The objective of this study was to investigate the feasibility of pulse electric field (PEF) as a pretreatment for whey protein isolate (WPI) before its succinylation. The degree of succinylation (DS) of WPI increased from 88.31% for native WPI to 93.45% for PEF-pretreated WPI (PWPI, initial pH 10.0) for the same succinic anhydride (SA) to WPI ratio (1:1). Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and scanning electron microscopy analysis proved the successful succinylation of WPI. For PWPIs, the surface hydrophobicity, exposed sulphydryl, and total sulphydryl decreased, which indicates the occurrence of changes in protein structures with more hydrophilic groups and better protein dispersion. Moreover, PEF may expose more amino acid residues binding sites that are present inside the protein, which is more suitable for succinylation. Therefore, the PEF pretreatment of proteins can improve their efficient use that is expected to play a critical role in succinylation industry.
