ELECTROPHORETIC SEPARATION OF PROTEINS AND THEIR AMINO ACID COMPOSITION IN RAW AND PROCESSED POTATOES

S. GORINSTEIN*, S. YAMAGATA, D. HADZIYEV

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Abstract

Potato tubers had 1.67% N/dry matter. Nitrogen was distributed in all anatomical regions of the tuber. Of the total N content, 43% was dialyzable‐N and 32.9% true protein‐N. The protein, by solubility fractionation, provided 67% albumin, 23% globulin, 1.4% prolamin and 9% glutelins. As revealed by sodium dodecyl sulfate electrophoresis (SDS‐PAGE), the albumin had two major protein species, one of 45 × 103, the second of 12–25 × 103 daltons. Prolamin and glutelins contained protein bands coinciding in molecular weight with those of albumin and globulin. Protein hydrolysis with 4 N methanesulfonic acid was superior to that of 6 N HCL. Amino acid composition of proteins was determined by ion‐exchange column chromatography. Some minor losses in protein composition of potatoes occurred during processing.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)37-50
Number of pages14
JournalJournal of Food Biochemistry
Volume12
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 1988

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