Role of γ-kafirin in the formation and organization of kafirin microstructures

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 61, Issue 45, 2013, Pages 10757-10765

  Anyango, Joseph O ^a   Taylor, John R N ^a   Taylor, Janet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

kafirin; disulfide cross linking; glass transition temperature; Kafirin microparticles; secondary structure

Indexed keywords

DISULFIDE CROSS-LINKING; DISULFIDE CROSS-LINKS; HELICAL CONFORMATION; HIGH-GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURES; MICRO-PARTICLES; SECONDARY STRUCTURES; SPHERICAL STRUCTURES; STRUCTURAL STABILITIES;

AMINO ACIDS; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CONFORMATIONS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GLASS; GLASS TRANSITION; MIXTURES; STABILITY;

MICROSTRUCTURE;

KAFIRIN PROTEIN, SORGHUM BICOLOR; PROLAMIN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PLANT PROTEINS; PROLAMINS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED;

EID: 84887639427     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: 15205118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf403571e     Document Type: Article

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