Characterization of water soluble pentosans of enzyme supplemented dough and breads/ Caracterización de las pentosanas solubles en agua extraídas de masa y pan conteniendo enzimas comerciales

2000 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 197-205 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Jimenez ◽  
M.A. Martinez-Anaya
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Weight ◽  
Ferulic Acid ◽  
Synergistic Effects ◽  
Extraction Yield ◽  
Water Soluble ◽  
Sugar Composition ◽  
Enzyme Preparations ◽  
Processing Enzyme ◽  
Enzyme Source

Water soluble pentosans (WSP) from doughs and breads made with different enzyme preparations are characterized according to extraction yield, sugar composition, xylose/arabinose ratio and molecular weight (MW) distribution. Extraction yield was greater for dough than for bread samples, ranging from 0.94 to 1.64%, but bread extracts had a higher purity. Percent of pentoses in purified WSP was greater in pentosanase supplemented samples (28-55%) than in control and amylase containing samples (23-32%). Major sugars were xylose and arabinose, but glucose and mannose also appeared in the extracts. The xylose/arabinose (Xyl/Ara) ratio was 1.3-1.6 and underwent small changes during processing. Enzyme addition caused an increase in Xyl/Ara ratio, attributable to a debranching of arabinoxylans (AX) with higher degree of Ara substitution by arabinofuranosidase. Addition of pentosanases had a significant effect in increasing WSP with MW over 39 000, whereas those of low MW changed only slightly. MW distribution depended on enzyme source, and whereas some enzymes showed activity during fermentation others increased their activity during baking. No synergistic effects were observed in studied variables due to the combination of amylases with pentosanases. Protein in WSP extracts eluted together with ferulic acid suggesting they were linked, but not associated with a determined carbohydrate fraction.

scholarly journals Characterization of proteins structurally related to human N-acetyl-β-d-glucosaminidase

1978 ◽  
Vol 173 (1) ◽  
pp. 191-196 ◽  
Author(s):  
M Carroll
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Weight ◽  
Human Liver ◽  
Deae Cellulose ◽  
Low Molecular Weight ◽  
Enzyme Preparations ◽  
Molecular Weights ◽  
Functional Relationships ◽  
Hexosaminidase A ◽  
Cellulose Column

Those proteins of human liver that cross-reacted with antibodies raised to apparently homogenous hexosamindases A and B were detected by immunodiffusion. Cross-reacting proteins with high molecular weights (greater than 2000000) and intermediate molecular weights (70000–200000) were present both in the unadsorbed fraction and in the 0.05–0.2M-NaCl eluate obtained by DEAE-cellulose chromatography at pH7.0. The unadsorbed fraction also contained a cross-reacting protein of low molecular weight (10000–70000). The possible structural and functional relationships between hexosaminidase and the cross-reacting proteins are discussed. An apparently cross-reacting protein present in the 0.05M-NaCl eluate from the DEAE-cellulose column was serologically unrelated to hexosaminidase, but it gave a reaction of immunological identify with one of the apparently cross-reacting proteins having the charge and size characteristics of hexosaminidase A. It is suggested that immunochemical methods may provide criteria for the homogeneity of enzyme preparations superior to those of conventional methods.

scholarly journals Construction of soil defined media using quantitative exometabolomic analysis of soil metabolites

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefan Jenkins ◽  
Tami L Swenson ◽  
Rebecca Lau ◽  
Andrea Rocha ◽  
Alex Aaring ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mass Spectrometry ◽  
Molecular Weight ◽  
Organic Carbon ◽  
Quantitative Information ◽  
Water Soluble ◽  
Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry ◽  
Isolation And Characterization ◽  
Defined Media ◽  
Chromatography Mass Spectrometry

Exometabolomics enables analysis of metabolite utilization of low molecular weight organic substances by soil isolates. Environmentally-based defined media are needed to examine ecologically relevant patterns of substrate utilization. Here, we describe an approach for the construction of defined media using untargeted characterization of water soluble soil metabolites. To broadly characterize soil metabolites, both liquid chromatography mass spectrometry (LC/MS) and gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GC/MS) were used. With this approach, 96 metabolites were identified, including amino acids, amino acid derivatives, sugars, sugar alcohols, mono- and di-carboxylic acids, osmolytes, nucleobases, and nucleosides. From this pool of metabolites, 25 were quantified. Water soluble organic carbon was fractionated by molecular weight and measured to determine the fraction of carbon accounted for by the quantified metabolites. This revealed that, much like soil microbial community structures, these soil metabolites have an uneven quantitative distribution, with a single metabolite, trehalose accounting for 9.9 percent of the (< 1 kDa) water extractable organic carbon. This quantitative information was used to formulate two soil defined media (SDM), one containing 23 metabolites (SDM1) and one containing 46 (SDM2). To evaluate SDM for supporting the growth of bacteria found at this field site, we examined the growth of 30 phylogenetically diverse soil isolates obtained using standard R2A medium. The simpler SDM1 supported the growth of up to 13 isolates while the more complex SDM2 supported up to 25 isolates. One isolate, Pseudomonas corrugata strain FW300-N2E2 was selected for a time-series exometabolomics analysis to investigate SDM1 substrate preferences. Interestingly, it was found that this organism preferred lower-abundance substrates such as guanine, glycine, proline and arginine and glucose and did not utilize the more abundant substrates maltose, mannitol, trehalose and uridine. These results demonstrate the viability and utility of using exometabolomics to construct a tractable environmentally relevant media. We anticipate that this approach can be expanded to other environments to enhance isolation and characterization of diverse microbial communities.

scholarly journals Purification and Structural Characterization of a Novel Water-Soluble Neutral Polysaccharide from Cantharellus cibarius and Its Immunostimulating Activity in RAW264.7 Cells

2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Long Chen ◽  
Xichun Peng ◽  
Jiaying Lv ◽  
Siyin Liao ◽  
Shiyi Ou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Weight ◽  
Functional Food ◽  
Peritoneal Macrophages ◽  
Water Soluble ◽  
Raw264.7 Cells ◽  
Molar Ratio ◽  
Immunostimulating Activity ◽  
Ft Ir ◽  
Mouse Peritoneal Macrophages

Polysaccharide is one of the important active ingredients of Cantharellus cibarius. The aims of this work were to analyze preliminary characterization and to investigate immunostimulating activity of a novel water-soluble neutral polysaccharide named JP1, which was purified from the fruiting body of Cantharellus cibarius using DEAE-FF chromatography and Sephadex G-100 chromatography. The characteristics of JP1 were determined by HPGPC, FT-IR spectra, gas chromatography, and Congo Red Method. Immunostimulating activity of JP1 was investigated in RAW264.7 cells. Results indicated that JP1 consisted of L-Arabinose, D-Mannose, D-Glucose, and D-Galactose in a molar ratio of 1 : 1.06 : 1.95 : 1.17 with a molecular weight of 336 kDa. JP1 is nontoxic to RAW264.7 cells at this concentration range (62.5–1000 μg/mL). Furthermore, JP1 can promote mouse peritoneal macrophages to secrete NO and enhance the secretion of macrophages’ cytokines IL-6 in RAW264.7 cells. These results suggested that JP1 could have potential immunostimulating activity applications as medicine or functional food.

scholarly journals The isolation and characterization of the high-molecular-weight glycoprotein from pig colonic mucus

1978 ◽  
Vol 173 (2) ◽  
pp. 569-578 ◽  
Author(s):  
T Marshall ◽  
A Allen
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Weight ◽  
High Molecular Weight ◽  
Quaternary Structure ◽  
Water Soluble ◽  
Isolation And Characterization ◽  
Nuclease Digestion ◽  
Non Covalent Interactions ◽  
Covalent Interactions ◽  
Equilibrium Centrifugation

1. A high-molecular-weight glycoprotein constitutes over 80% by weight of the total glycoprotein from water-soluble pig colonic mucus. 2. It was isolated from from nucleic acid and non-covalently bound protein by nuclease digestion followed by equilibrium centrifugation in a CsCl gradient. 3. The glycoprotein has the following composition by weight: fucose 10.4%; glucosamine 23.9%; galactosamine 8.3%; sialic acid 9.9%; galactose 20.8%; sulphate 3.0%; protein 13.3%; moisture about 10%. 4. The native glycoprotein has the high mol.wt. of 15×10(6). 5. Reduction of the native glycoprotein with 2-mercaptoethanol results in a glycoprotein of mol.wt. 6×10(6). 6. Pronase digestion removes 29% of the protein (3% of the glycoprotein) but none of the carbohydrate. 7. The molecular weight of the Pronase-digested glycoprotein is 1.5×10(6), which is halved to 0.76×10(6) on reduction with 2-mercaptoethanol. 8. The contribution of non-covalent interactions, disulphide bridges and the non-glycosylated peptide core to the quaternary structure of the glycoprotein are discussed and compared with the known structure of pig gastric glycoportein.

Physicochemical Characterization of Qianghuo Particles by Ultrafine Pulverization

2010 ◽  
Vol 92 ◽  
pp. 147-154 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lian Wei Yang ◽  
Xiao Yan Zhao ◽  
Peng Sun ◽  
Guo Sheng Gai ◽  
Yu Fen Yang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ferulic Acid ◽  
Cell Walls ◽  
High Speed ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Physicochemical Characterization ◽  
Chemical Characterization ◽  
Optical Microscope ◽  
Extraction Yield ◽  
Plant Cell Walls

Qianghuo, as a medicinal plant , has been demonstrated useful for the treatment of ache diseases in China. The physicochemical characterization of Qianghuo particles was greatly influenced by ultrafine pulverization. To study the physicochemical characterization of Qianghuo, the raw plant material of Qianghuo was ground to 5 μm particles by HSCS (High Speed Centrifugal Sheering) pulverizer. The micron particles were characterized by optical microscope and SEM. Ferulic acid is special chemical component of Qianghuo, and its extraction yield was determined to evaluate the chemical characterization of Qianghuo powder. Ferulic acid was analyzed by HPLC (High Performance Liquid Chromatography). The results showed that after ultrafine pulverization ,the plant cell walls were broken into pieces and the extraction yield of ferulic acid was increased by 30.24% compared with the original particles.

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