Protein Degradation in Wheat Sourdough Fermentation with Lactobacillus plantarum M616

Interdiscip Sci. 2015 Jun;7(2):205-10. doi: 10.1007/s12539-015-0262-0. Epub 2015 Jul 22.

Abstract

Hydrolysis of wheat proteins during sourdough fermentation was determined in the present study. Sourdoughs were characterized with respect to cell counts, pH, TTA, and proteolytic activity as well as the quantity of total proteins and water-soluble proteins. Moreover, composition analysis of total proteins and water-soluble proteins using SDS-PAGE was carried out. Sourdough fermentation using Lactobacillus plantarum showed a decrease in pH and increase in TTA during fermentation. Fermentation resulted in hydrolysis and solubilization of wheat proteins. It demonstrated that protein hydrolysis in sourdough was mainly caused by pH-dependent activation of cereal enzymes according to change in proteolytic activity.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Bread / microbiology*
  • Carbon Dioxide / metabolism
  • Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel
  • Fermentation*
  • Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
  • Hydrolysis
  • Lactobacillus plantarum / growth & development
  • Lactobacillus plantarum / metabolism*
  • Plant Proteins, Dietary / metabolism*
  • Proteolysis
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae / growth & development
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae / metabolism
  • Time Factors
  • Triticum / enzymology
  • Triticum / microbiology*

Substances

  • Plant Proteins, Dietary
  • Carbon Dioxide