Zeng Xiangquan, Peng Linlin, Liu Sirong, Wang Haoluan, Li He, Xi Yu, Li Jian
Key Laboratory of Geriatric Nutrition and Health, Ministry of Education, Beijing Technology and Business University, Beijing 100048, China.
Key Laboratory of Green and Low-Carbon Processing Technology for Plant-Based Food of China National Light Industry Council, School of Food and Health, Beijing Technology and Business University, Beijing 100048, China.
Foods. 2025 May 31;14(11):1965. doi: 10.3390/foods14111965.
Microbial transglutaminase (mTG) is most frequently utilized in order to increase the gelling properties of soybean protein isolate (SPI), but there are still some limitations of mTG-based hydrogel fabrication technology. Therefore, we aimed to develop a dual modification technique based on enzyme plus organic acid treatment to fabricate SPI hydrogels with high gel strength and stability. Our results showed that mTG plus glucose-δ-lactone (GDL), lactobionic acid (LBA) or maltobionic acid (MBA) treatment could significantly improve the gel strength, textural properties, and water-holding capacity of SPI hydrogels. Also, the addition of these organic acids remarkably reduced the surface hydrophobicity (H) and intrinsic fluorescence as well as increased the storage modulus (G'), loss modulus (G″) values, average particle size, and the absolute value of zeta potential of samples. GDL, LBA, or MBA greatly increased the β-sheet level and decreased the α-helix level in hydrogels, as well as dissociated 11S subunits of SPI into 7S subunits. Notably, covalent interactions, hydrogen bonding, and hydrophobic interactions of three organic acids with SPI, as well as the effects of organic acids on the interactions among the intramolecular and intermolecular forces of SPI molecules, contributed to their promoting effects on the formation of hydrogels. The LF-NMR and SEM analyses confirmed the effects of GDL, LBA, and MBA on converting the free water into immobilized and bound water as well as forming a dense stacked aggregate structure. Therefore, GDL, LBA, and MBA are promising agents to be combined with mTG in the fabrication of SPI hydrogels with high gel strength and stability.
微生物转谷氨酰胺酶(mTG)最常用于提高大豆分离蛋白(SPI)的凝胶特性,但基于mTG的水凝胶制备技术仍存在一些局限性。因此,我们旨在开发一种基于酶加有机酸处理的双重改性技术,以制备具有高凝胶强度和稳定性的SPI水凝胶。我们的结果表明,mTG加葡萄糖酸-δ-内酯(GDL)、乳糖酸(LBA)或麦芽酮酸(MBA)处理可显著提高SPI水凝胶的凝胶强度、质地特性和持水能力。此外,添加这些有机酸可显著降低样品的表面疏水性(H)和固有荧光,并提高储能模量(G')、损耗模量(G'')值、平均粒径和zeta电位绝对值。GDL、LBA或MBA可显著提高水凝胶中的β-折叠水平并降低α-螺旋水平,还可将SPI的11S亚基解离为7S亚基。值得注意的是,三种有机酸与SPI之间的共价相互作用、氢键和疏水相互作用,以及有机酸对SPI分子分子内和分子间作用力相互作用的影响,促成了它们对水凝胶形成的促进作用。低场核磁共振(LF-NMR)和扫描电子显微镜(SEM)分析证实了GDL、LBA和MBA在将自由水转化为固定水和结合水以及形成致密堆积聚集体结构方面的作用。因此,GDL、LBA和MBA有望在制备具有高凝胶强度和稳定性的SPI水凝胶时与mTG结合使用。