Abstract
The present manuscript reports on the identification of various dehydroamino acid-derived bonds and cross-links resulting from thermal treatment (excess water, 240 min, 130 °C) of two model food proteins, bovine serum albumin, and wheat gliadin. S-Carbamidomethylated tryptic and chymotryptic digests of unheated (control) and heated serum albumin and gliadin, respectively, were analyzed by liquid chromatography coupled to tandem mass spectrometry (LC-ESI-MS/MS) with higher-energy collisional dissociation (HCD). Heat-induced β-elimination of cystine, serine and threonine, and subsequent Michael addition of cysteine and lysine to dehydroalanine and 3-methyl-dehydroalanine were demonstrated. Lanthionine, lysinoalanine, 3-methyl-lanthionine, and 3-methyl-lysinoalanine were identified. The detection of inter-chain lanthionine in both bovine serum albumin and wheat gliadin suggests the significance of these cross-links for food texture.
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