β-Glucanase(MaltandMicrobial)AssayKitissuitableforthemeasurementandanalysisofmaltandbacterialβ-glucanaseandendo-1,4-β-glucanase.
Novelapproachestotheautomatedassayofβ-glucanaseandlichenaseactivity.
Mangan,D.,Liadova,A.,Ivory,R.&McCleary,B.V.(2016).CarbohydrateResearch,435,162-172.
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Wereporthereinthedevelopmentofanovelassayprocedureforthemeasurementofβ-glucanaseandlichenase(EC3.2.1.73)incrudeenzymeextracts.Twoassayformatsbasedona)adirectcleavageorb)anenzymecoupledsubstratewereinitiallyinvestigated.The‘directcleavage’substrate,namely4,6-
O-benzylidene-2-chloro-4-nitrophenyl-β-3
1-cellotriosyl-β-glucopyranoside(
MBG4),wasfoundtobethemoregenerallyapplicablereagent.Thissubstratewasfullycharacterisedusingacrudemaltβ-glucanaseextract,abacteriallichenase(
Bacillussp.)andanon-specific
endo-1,3(4)-β-glucanasefrom
ClostridiumThermocellum(EC3.2.1.6).Standardcurveswerederivedthatallowtheassayabsorbanceresponsetobedirectlyconvertedtoβ-glucanase/lichenaseactivityonbarleyβ-glucan.ThespecificityofMBG4wasconfirmedbyanalysingtheactionofcompetingglycosylhydrolasesthataretypicallyfoundinmaltonthesubstrate.Manualandautomatedassayformatsweredevelopedfortheanalysisofa)β-glucanaseinmaltflourandb)lichenaseenzymeextractsandtherepeat
ABIlityoftheseassayswasfullyinvestigated.
Soluble,dye-labeledpolysaccharidesfortheassayofendohydrolases.
McCleary,B.V.(1988).MethodsinEnzymology,160,74-86.
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Arangeofmethodshasbeendevelopedfortheassayofpolysaccharideendohydrolases,andtheseincludeviscosimetricandnephelometricmethodsandproceduresbasedonthemeasurementofincreaseinreducingsugarequivalentsandontherateofreleaseofsoluble,dye-labeledfragmentsonhydrolysisofchromogenicpolysaccharidesubstrates.Assaysbasedontheuseofchromogenic(dye-labeled)substrateshaveseveraladvantagesovermoreconventionalassaysincludingspecificityandsimplicityinuse.However,asdyeinggenerallyreducesthesolubilityofthepolysaccharide,mostcommerciallyavailabledye-labeledsubstratesareinsolubleandhavetheinherentdisadvantagesofheterogeneityintheassaytubeandthedifficultiesassociatedwithdispensingasolidsubstrateroutinelywithaccuracy.Thischapterdescribesmethodsforthepreparationofsolubledye-labeledsubstratesfortheassayβ-D-mannanase,endo-1,4-β-D-glucanase,endo-1,3(4)-β-o-glucanase,andα-amylase.
Newdevelopmentsinthemeasurementofα-amylase,endo-protease,β-glucanaseandβ-xylanase.
McCleary,B.V.&Monaghan,D.(2000).“ProceedingsoftheSecondEuropeanSymposiumonEnzymesinGrainProcessing”,(M.Tenkanen,Ed.),VTTInformationService,pp.31-38.
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Overthepast8years,wehavebeenactivelyinvolvedinthedevelopmentofsimpleandreliableassayprocedures,forthemeasurementofenzymesofinteresttothecerealsandrelatedindustries.Insomeinstances,differentprocedureshavebeendevelopedforthemeasurementofthesameenzymeactivity(e.g.α-amylase)inarangeofdifferentmaterials(e.g.malt,cerealgrainsandfungalpreparations).Thereasonsfordifferentproceduresmaydependonseveralfactors,suchastheneedforsensitivity,easeofuse,robustnessofthesubstratemixture,orthepossibilityforautomation.Inthispresentation,wewillpresentinformationonourmostup-to-dateproceduresforthemeasurementofα-amylase,endo-protease,β-glucanaseandβ-xylanase,withspecialreferencetotheuseofparticularassayformatsinparticularapplications.
Measurementofdietaryfibrecomponents:theimportanceofenzymepurity,activityandspecificity.
McCleary,B.V.(2001),“AdvancedDietaryFibreTechnology”,(B.V.McClearyandL.Prosky,Eds.),BlackwellScience,Oxford,U.K.,pp.89-105.
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Interestindietaryfibreisundergoingadramaticrevival,thanksinparttotheintroductionofnewcarbohydratesasdietaryfibrecomponents.Muchemphasisisbeingplacedondetermininghowmuchfibreispresentinafood.Linkingaparticularamountoffibretoaspecifichealthbenefitisnowanimportantareaofresearch.Theterm"dietaryfibre"firstappearedin1953,andreferredtohemicelluloses,cellulosesandlignin(Theandere/tf/.1995).Trowell(1974)recommendedthistermasareplacementforthenolongeracceptableterm"crudefibre".Burkitt(1995)haslikenedtheinterestindietaryfibretothegrowthofariverfromitsfirsttrickletoamightytorrentHeobservesthatdietaryfibre"wasfirstviewedasmerelythelessdigest
IBLeconstituentoffoodwhichexertsalaxativeactionbyirritatingthegut",thusacquiringthedesignation"roughage"-atermlaterreplacedby"crudefibre"andultimatelyby"dietaryfibre".Variousdefinitionsofdietaryfibrehaveappearedovertheyears,partlyduetothevariousconceptsusedinderivingtheterm(i.e.originofmaterial,resistancetodigestion,fermentationinthecolon,etc.),andpartlytothedifficultiesassociatedwithitsmeasurementandlabelling(Mongeau
etal.1999).Theprincipalcomponentsofdietaryfibre,astr
ADItionallyunderstood,arenon-starchpolysaccharides(whichinplantfibreareprincipallyhemicellulosesandcelluloses),andthenon-carbohydratephenoliccomponents,cutin,suberinandwaxes,withwhichtheyareassociatedinnature.In1976,thedefinitionofdietaryfibrewasmodifiedtoincludegumsandsomepecticsubstances,basedontheresistancetodigestionofthesecomponentsintheupperintestinaltract.Forthepurposesoflabelling,Englyst
etal.(1987)proposedthatdietaryfibrebedefinedas"non-starchpolysaccharides(NSP)inthedietthatarenotdigestedbytheendogenoussecretionsofthehumandigestivetract".MethodswereconcurrentlydevelopedtospecificallymeasureNSP(Englyst
etal.1994).
Measurementofmaltbeta-glucanase.
McCleary,B.V.(1986).Proceedingsofthe19thConventionoftheInstituteofBrewing(Aust.andN.Z.section),181-187.
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AProcedurehasbeendevelopedfortheassayofmaltβ-glucanase[a(1→3)(1→4)-β-D-glucanase]whichemploysassubstrate,barleyβ-glucandyedwithRemazolbrilliantBlueandchemicallymodifiedwithcarboxymethylgroupstoincreasesolubility.Thedescribedassayproceduretogetherwithamodifiedextractionformatallowsanalysisofuptotenmaltsamplesinlessthan80min.Also,theprocedureisspecificforenzymesactiveonbarleyβ-glucan,isaccurateandreliable,andcanbereadilyappliedtotheanalysisofβ-glucanaseinmalt,greenmaltandwort.
Asolublechromogenicsubstratefortheassayof(1→3)(1→4)-β-D-glucanase(lichenase).
McCleary,B.V.(1986).CarbohydratePolymers,6(4),307-318.
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Asimpleprocedurefortheassayof(1→3)(1→4)-β-D-glucanase(lichenase)hasbeendeveloped.Thisassayemploysassubstratebarley(1→3)(1→4)-β-D-glucandyedwithRemazolbrilliantBlueRandchemicallymodifiedwithcarboxymethylgroupstoincreasesolubility.Preparationofthissubstraterequiredthedevelopmentofanimprovedprocedurefortheextractionandpurificationofbarleyβ-glucan.AssaysbasedontheuseofthedescribedchromogenicsubstrateatpH6•5aresensitiveandspecificforenzymesactiveonbarleyβ-glucan.
Problemscausedbybarleybeta-glucansinthebrewingindustry.
McCleary,B.V.(1986).ChemistryinAustralia,53,306-308.
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Brewing,theoldestapplicationofbio-technologyisnowamixoftradeartandmodernscience.Thisarticledescribesnewapplicationsofenzymechemistrytotrouble-shootinginbeerproduction.
Assayofmaltβ-glucanaseusingazo-barleyglucan:animprovedprecipitant.
McCleary,B.V.&Shameer,I.(1987).JournaloftheInstituteofBrewing,93(2),87-90.
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Aprocedurerecentlydescribedfortheassayofmaltβ-glucanase,whichemploysadye-labelledandchemically-modifiedbarleyβ-glucansubstrate,hasbeenimprovedbychangingtheprecipitantsolutionusedtoterminatethereaction.Thenewprecipitantsolutioncontains0•4%(w/v)zincacetateand4%(w/v)sodiumacetatedissolvedin80%(v/v)aqueousmethylcellosolve.Withthisprecipitanttheprocedurecanbedirectlyappliedtotheassayofcellulaseactivity,andwithminormodification,totheassayoflichenaseactivity.
Theinfluenceofgerminationconditionsonbeta-glucan,dietaryfibreandphytateduringthegerminationofoatsandbarley.
Hübner,F.,O’Neil,T.,Cashman,K.D.&Arendt,E.K.(2010).EuropeanFoodResearchandTechnology,231(1),27-35.
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Thisstudyaimedtoquantifythechangescausedbyvaryinggerminationconditionsonthecontentsofsomebioactivecompoundsinbarleyandoats.Samplesofthetwograinsweregerminatedattemperaturesbetween10and20°Cforaperiodof2–6days,usingatwo-dimensionalcentralcompositedesign.Thegerminationtemperaturehadonlyminoreffectincomparisonwiththegerminationtime.Slightchangesinthemineralcontentofthemaltswereobserved,mainlycausedbysteeping.Phytatehasbeenseenasananti-nutritionalcompound,asitcomplexesmineralsandlowerstheirbioavailability.Thephytatecontentinbarleymaltswasconsiderablylowerthaninthenativekernels.Variationsinthegerminationconditionsdidnothaveasignificanteffectonphytatecontent.Inoats,degradationofphytatewassignificantlyenhancedbyprolongingthegerminationperiod.Itwaspossibletoretaintheamountsofsolubledietaryfibre,whenshortgerminationperiodswereapplied.However,longgerminationperiodscausedanextensivebreakdownofsolubledietaryfibre,especiallybeta-glucan.Thecontentofinsolublefibre,however,wasincreasedbyapplyinglonggerminationperiodsforoatmalts.
MaltingofbarleywithcombinationsofLactobacillusplantarum,Aspergillusniger,Trichodermareesei,RhizopusoligosporusandGeotrichumcandidumtoenhancemaltquality.
Hattingh,M.,Alexander,A.,Meijering,I.,vanReenen,C.A.&Dicks,L.M.T.(2014).
InternationalJournalofFoodMicroBIOLOGy,173,36-40.
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Goodqualitymaltischaracterisedbythepresenceofhighlevelsoffermentablesugars,aminoacidsandvitamins.Toreachthestarch-richendospermofthekernel,β-glucan-andarabinoxylan-richcellwallshavetobedegraded.β-Glucanaseissynthesizedinvastquantitiesbythealeuronelayerandscutellumduringgermination.Secretionofhydrolyticenzymesisoftenstimulatedbyadditionoftheplanthormonegibberellicacid(GA3)duringgermination.Wehaveshownanenhancedβ-glucanaseandα-amylaseactivityinmaltwhengerminatingbarleywasinoculatedwithacombinationofLactobacillusplantarumB.S1.6andsporesofAspergillusnigerMH1,RhizopusoligosporusMH2orTrichodermareeseiMH3,andL.plantarumB.S1.6combinedwithcell-freeculturesupernatantsfromeachofthesefungi.Highestmaltβ-glucanaseactivity(414Units/kgmalt)wasrecordedwithacombinationofL.plantarumB.S1.6andsporesofA.nigerMH1.Highestα-amylaseactivitieswererecordedwithacombinationofL.plantarumB.S1.6andsporesofR.oligosporusMH2(373CeralphaUnits/gmalt).HighestFANlevelswererecordedwhenL.plantarumwasinoculatedincombinationwithsporesofeitherR.oligosporusMH2orT.reeseiMH3(259and260ppm,respectively).Thisisthefirststudyshowingthatcell-freeculturesupernatantsofAspergillus,RhizopusandTrichodermahaveastimulatingeffectonβ-glucanaseandα-amylaseproductionduringmalting.AcombinationofL.plantarumB.S1.6,andsporesofA.nigerMH1andR.oligosporusMH2maybeusedasstarterculturestoenhancemaltquality.
Detection,localization,andvariabilityofendogenousβ-glucanaseinwheatkernels.
Vatandoust,A.,Ragaee,S.,Wood,P.J.,Tosh,S.M.&Seetharaman,K.(2012).CerealChemistry,89(1),59-64.
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Clinicalstudieswithisolatesofβ-glucanhaveshownthatthehealthbenefitsareregulatednotonlybythepolysaccharideconcentrationbutalsobythemolecularweightandconcentrationinsolution,becausethesehealthbenefitsarecontrolled,interalia,byviscosityinthegut.Thedegradationofβ-glucaninbakedproductsislikelycausedbybakingingredientsorprocesses,orbyendogenousenzymesinwheatflour.Theobjectivesofthepresentstudyweretoquantifyβ-glucanaseinwheatkernelsandtodeterminefactorsthatinfluencethelevelsofthisenzyme.Amodifiedprotocoltoquantifyβ-glucanasewasdevelopedandthenconfirmedthroughhigh-performancesize-exclusionchromatography(HPSEC)withCalcofluordetection.Underthisprotocol,itwasshownthattheconcentrationofβ-glucanaseactivitywasthehighestinthebranfractionofthekernelinungerminatedwheats,whereasitwasdistributedthroughouttheentirekernelfollowinggermination.Furthermore,investigationondifferentwheatcultivarsplantedinthesameanddifferentlocationsshowedthatgenotype,environment,andagronomicpracticeallcanhaveaneffectonβ-glucanaseactivitylevelinwheatkernels.
Effectofextractionconditionsonyield,composition,andviscositystabilityofbarleyβ-glucangum.
Burkus,Z.&Temelli,F.(1998).CerealChemistry,75(6),805-809.
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Cerealβ-glucancanfunctionasathickener,butendogenousβ-glucanaseenzymesofthegraincleaveβ-glucan,reducingitsviscosity.Althoughdifferentextractiontechniqueshavebeendeveloped,theviscositystabilityofβ-glucangumhasnotbeenreported.Theobjectiveofthisstudywastoinvestigatetheeffectofextractiontreatmentsontheyield,purity,andviscositystabilityofbarleyβ-glucan(BBG)gum.Aregularbarleycultivar,Condor,andawaxycultivarblendwereextractedatpH7–10and55°Cfor0.5hr.Fourextractionconditionswereevaluated:1)extractionathighpHwithnoadditionalheattreatment;2)boilingofextract;3)priorrefluxingofflourwith70%ethanol;and4)treatmentofextractwiththermostableα-amylaseforpurification.Viscosityofextractswasmonitoredfor≥24hrat25°C.Thehighestβ-glucanpuritieswereachievedwithaboiledCondorextractatpH7(81.3%db,4.1%yield)andwithrefluxedwaxybarleyextractedatpH8andtreatedwithα-amylaseand(79.3%db,5.1%yield).Gumsextractedwithoutsubsequentheattreatmentorpriorrefluxingofflourhadhighprotein(>17%)andstarch(>24%)impurities,respectively.Theviscosityofgumsobtainedwithoutheatingwasunstable.Priorrefluxingtreatmentwasnotsufficienttostabilizefinalextracts.Boilingextractsresultedinstablebutlowviscosity.Refluxfollowedbypurificationtreatmentproducedthehigheststableviscosityfor0.5%solutionsofbothCondor(64mPasec-1,pH7)andwaxy(48.8mPasec-1,pH8)extracts.StableBBGgumwithhighviscositycanbeobtainedusingthermaltreatmentsincombinationwithhighpH.Thepotentialuseofsuchgumsasthickenersinfoodsystemsneedstobeassessed.
Influenceofgerminationtimeandtemperatureonthepropertiesofryemaltandryemaltbasedworts.
Hübner,F.,Schehl,B.D.,Gebruers,K.,Courtin,C.M.,Delcour,J.A.&Arendt,E.K.(2010).JournalofCerealScience,52(1),72-79.
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TheeffectsofgerminationtimeandtemperatureonthequalityofryemaltandwortsderivedthereofwereinvestigatedusingResponseSurfaceMethodology.Amylolyticandproteolyticenzymeactivitieswereincreasedbylonggerminationperiods,whileβ-glucanaseactivitywasnotinfluenced.TotalandSolubleNitrogencontentwerealsonotsignificantlyaffectedbythevariationsingerminationconditions.FreeAminoNitrogen(FAN)wasfoundinhigheramountsinwortspreparedfromryemaltswithlonggerminationtimes.Extractcontentswerehigherinryemaltthaninthecontrolbarleymaltandcouldbeincreasedbyafavourablegerminationregime,whilenosuchimpactonwortfermentabilitywasfound.Highwortviscositiescouldbesignificantlyreducedbyalonggerminationperiodatlowtemperatures,butwerestillunacceptablyhigh.Thesameconditionsfavouredthedevelopmentofendoxylanaseactivity.Arabinoxylan(AX)accumulatedduringthegerminationprocessandtheirextractabilityincreased.TheresultssuggestthatlongergerminationperiodsresultedinanincreasednumberofAXmoleculeswithlowermolecularmass.Optimalryemaltqualitieswithinthelimitsofthisstudywerefoundforagerminationtimeof144hat10°C,whichresultedinanacceptableFANcontentandthelowestmeasuredviscosity.
Spectroscopicandchemicalfingerprintsinmaltedbarley.
Tarr,A.,Diepeveen,D.&Appels,R.(2012).JournalofCerealScience,56(2),268-275.
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Aunique“Matrix”ofmaltedbarleysampleswasproducedtovalidatespectroscopicproceduresformonitoringthemaltingprocess.Threecriticalfactorsthatwereexaminedincontrollingtherateofgerminationweremoisturecontent,temperatureandgerminationtime.Ofinteresttothemaltingindustry,theanalysisindicatesthepotentialtoidentifynewgermplasmthat,underoptimizedmaltingconditions,wouldproducesuitablymodifiedmaltinthreedaysofgermination.Itisalsoclearthatthecontrolofbothmoistureandtemperatureisessentialforundertakingmaltingstudies.ThestudysuggeststhatRamanandFTIRcouldusefullycomplementNIRspectroscopyformonitoringgrainduringthemaltingprocess.ForwholegrainNIRmeasurements,thedifferencesbetweentestgrainandcontrolgrainatoptimalwavelengthsof1280nmand2224nmwerefoundtobevaluableparametersfortrackingprogressduringthemaltingprocess.ThestudyshowedthewholegrainNIRmostlikelyassessedchangingpropertiesoftheperipheryofthegrain.ThisresearchsuggestedthatspecificcalibrationmodelsusingNIRforpredictingmaltqualityattributessuchasdiastaticactivityonwholemaltaremisleadinganddifficulttointerpretbecausetheyarehighlycorrelatedwithothercarbohydrate/protein-relatedattributesofthemalt.
DiastaticenzymesmaltingprocessoptimisationofAfricanfingermilletforbiotechnologicaluses.
Kolawole,A.N.&Kolawole,A.O.(2015).AfricanJournalofBiochemistryResearch,9(6),81-88.
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Thisstudysoughttounderstandtheimportanceofvariationofsteepingandgerminationconditions(temperature,pHandsalts)onthequalityofAfricanfingermilletmaltintermsofdiasticpower(α-amylaseandβ-amylase),endo-(1,3)(1,4)-β-D-glucanase,β-glycancontentandproteinprofile.TheresultsshowthatthephysiologicalresponsesofAfricanfingermilletmaltedseedsarecorrelatedtopH(acidityandalkalinity)butinverselycorrelatedtotemperaturestress.Theeffectofthestressesontheactivityofα-amylase,β-amylaseandendo-(1,3)(1,4)-β-D-glucanaseaswellasβ-glycancontentwassignificantlydifferentinmagnitudeexceptfortheβ-amylaseactivitiesobtainedafteracidicandalkalinetreatmentat40°Cwhicharenotstatisticallydifferent.AlkalinepHandheatstressat30°Cwerethedominantfactorsformaltingoptimizationfromtheresultofdiasticpowerindices.α-amylaseactivityisabetterpredictorofdiasticpower.ThegrainssubjectedtothesteepingandgerminationprocesscarriedoutinTris-HClbuffersolution(25mM,pH9)containing100mMNaClat30°Cduring96hshowedhigherα-amylaseandβ-amylaseactivity.Thisshowsthatforasalt–alkali-heatmixstress,areciprocalenhancementamongsaltstress,alkaliandheatstresswasacharacteristicfeaturewithnosignificantchangeinthehordeinproteinexpression.TheinfluentialeffectofthestressconditionsindicatethatalkalinepHsteepingand30°CmaltingisthemosteffectiveconditionforproducingmaltedAfricanmilletflourwithapromisingpotentialofdistinctmaltingqualitymetrics.
Impactofhydrothermalandmechanicalprocessingondissolutionkineticsandrheologyofoatβ-glucan.
Grundy,M.M.L.,Quint,J.,Rieder,A.,Ballance,S.,Dreiss,C.A.,Butterworth,P.J.&Ellis,P.R.(2017).CarbohydratePolymers,166,387-397.
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Oatmixed-linkageβ-glucanhasbeenshowntolowerfastingbloodcholesterolconcentrationsduenotablytoanincreaseindigestaviscosityintheproximalgut.Toexertitsaction,thepolysaccharidehastobereleasedfromthefoodmatrixandhydrated.Thedissolutionkineticsofβ-glucanfromthreeoatmaterials,varyingintheirstructure,compositionanddegreeofprocessing,wasinvestigatedbyincubatingtheoatsat37°Covermultipletimepoints(upto72 h).Thesampleswereanalysedforβ-glucancontent,weight-averagemolecularweightandrheologicalbehaviour.Regardlessofthematerialsstudiedandtheprocessingapplied,thesolubilisationofβ-glucanwasnotcomplete.Mechanicalandhydrothermalprocessingledtodifferencesintheviscosityflowcurvesoftherecoveredsolutions,withthepresenceofparticulateshavingamarkedeffect.Thisstudyrevealedthatthestructureandprocessingmethodsappliedtooatmaterialsresultedinvariedandcomplexrheologicalproperties,especiallywhenparticulatesarepresent.
Variationinbarley(1→3,1→4)-β-glucanendohydrolasesrevealsnovelallozymeswithincreasedthermostability.
Lauer,J.C.,Cu,S.,Burton,R.A.&Eglinton,J.K.(2017).TheoreticalandAppliedGenetics,130(5),1053-1063.
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Rapidandreliabledegradationof(1 → 3,1 → 4)-β-glucantoproducelowviscositywortisanessentialrequirementformaltingbarley.The(1 → 3,1 → 4)-β-glucanendohyrolasesareresponsiblefortheprimaryhydrolysisofcellwallβ-glucan.Thevariationinβ-glucanasegenes
HvGlb1and
HvGlb2thatencodeEIandEII,respectively,wereexaminedineliteandexoticgermplasm.SixEIand14EIIallozymeswereidentified,andsignificantvariationwasfoundinβ-glucanasefrom
Hordeumvulgaressp.
spontaneum(wildbarley),the
Progenitorofmoderncultivatedbarley.Allozymeswereexaminedusingpredictionmethods;thechangeinGibbsfreeenergyoftheidentifiedaminoacidsubstitutionstopredictchangesinenzymestabilityandhomologymodellingtoexaminethestructureofthenovelallozymesusingtheexistingsolvedEIIstructure.TwoEIandfourEIIallozymesinwildbarleyaccessionswerepredictedtohaveimprovedbarleyβ-glucanasethermostability.OnenovelEIIcandidatewasidentifiedinexistingbackcrosslineswithcontrasting
HvGlb2allelesfromwildbarleyandcvFlagship.Thecontrastingallelesinselectednearisogeniclineswereexaminedinβ-glucanasethermostabilityanalyses.TheEIIfromwildbarleyexhibitedasignificantincreaseinβ-glucanasethermostabilityconferredbythenovel
HvGlb2allele.Increasedβ-glucanasethermostabilityisheritableandcandidatesidentifiedinwildbarleycouldimprovemaltingandbrewingqualityinnewvarieties.
Accumulationanddegradationoftwofunctionalconstituents,GABAandβ-glucan,andtheirvarietaldifferencesingerminatedbarleygrains.
Kihara,M.,Okada,Y.,Iimure,T.&Ito,K.(2007).BreedingScience,57(2),85-89.
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Thechangesinthecontentsoftwofunctionalconstituents,γ-aminobutyricacid(GABA)and(1→3)(1→4)-β-D-glucans(β-glucan),duringgerminationwereinvestigatedintwomaltingbarleyvarietiesinordertodeterminetheoptimalconditionsforaccumulationanddegradationoftheseconstituentsindriedbarleygrainsaftergerminationtreatment.Atime-courseanalysisduringgerminationtreatmentrevealedthatthecontentofGABAremarkablyincreasedinthe48hourimbibitionprocessanddecreasedinthesubsequentgerminationprocess.Ontheotherhand,β-glucan,whichisknowntobedecomposedduringmalting,didnotundergosubstantialdegradationafterthe48hourimbibitionprocess.Thesefindingsthusindicatedthatitispossibletoproducegerminatedbarleygrainscontainingthesefunctionalconstituentsathighlevelsbyoptimalgerminationtreatment.Atotalof43barleyvarietiesweresurveyedfortheGABAandβ-glucancontentsingerminatedgrains.Ourresultsalsoindicatedthattherewerevarietaldifferencesinthecontentofeachingredient.Awaxystarchvarietyinwhichthecontentsofbothβ-glucanandGABAwerehigherthanthoseintheotherbarleyvarietiestested,couldbecomeapromisingsourceofthetwofunctionalconstituents.