ACTA AGRICULTURAE BOREALI-SINICA ›› 2019, Vol. 34 ›› Issue (4): 32-36. doi: 10.7668/hbnxb.201751710

Special Issue: Wheat

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Several Key Factors for Isolating the Glutenin Subunits of Wheat

LI Chunyan1,2, ZHANG Cuimian1, CHAI Jianfang1, BI Caili2, MA Xiuying1, ZHAO He1, Lü Mengyu1, ZHOU Shuo1, DONG Fushuang1, LIU Yongwei1, YANG Fan1, WANG Haibo1   

  1. 1. Institute of Genetics and Physiology, Hebei Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Plant Genetic Engineering Center of Hebei Province, Shijiazhuang 050051, China;
    2. College of Life Sciences, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang 050024, China
  • Received:2019-01-03 Published:2019-08-28

Abstract: The composition of wheat high and low molecular weight glutenin subunits is an important factor affecting the processing quality of wheat. In order to quickly and economically identify the composition of wheat high and low molecular weight glutenin subunits, it is necessary to continuously optimize the methods of extracting and isolating these proteins. Based on the method of extracting and separating wheat high and low molecular weight glutenin subunits proposed by Singh et al., we conducted in-depth research on several key factors like isopropyl alcohol concentration, alkylating agent concentration and extraction steps used in monomeric protein removal, gluten reduction and alkylation. The results showed that there were no difference in the extraction effect of high molecular weight glutenin subunits between different concentrations of isopropanol treatments in the range of 10%-50% during the reduction of glutenin. When the low molecular weight glutenin subunit was extracted with low concentration of isopropanol, the effect was poor. With the increase of isopropanol concentration, the extraction effect gradually increased. When the concentration of isopropanol was increased to 30%, the extraction effect reached the highest, but when the concentration of isopropanol continued to increase to 50%, the effect was no longer improved. Using 30% and 50% isopropanol, the effect of removing the monomeric proteins was the same. When the alkylating agent was directly added to the sample buffer for alkylation, different concentrations(0.6%-1.4%)of alkane treatments had the same alkylation effects for the glutenin subunits, but when the concentration of alkylating agent was 1.4%, the electrophoresis background was heavier. The optimized method was to reduce the isopropanol concentration from 50% to 30% during monomer protein removal and gluten reduction, remove the separate alkylation step, and add 0.6% alkylating agent directly to the sample buffer for alkylation. The optimized method not only reduced the amount of reagents, but also simplified the extraction step and increased the strength of the electrophoresis strips.

Key words: Wheat, Glutenin subunit, SDS-PAGE, Optimization, Isolating method

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LI Chunyan, ZHANG Cuimian, CHAI Jianfang, BI Caili, MA Xiuying, ZHAO He, Lü Mengyu, ZHOU Shuo, DONG Fushuang, LIU Yongwei, YANG Fan, WANG Haibo. Several Key Factors for Isolating the Glutenin Subunits of Wheat[J]. ACTA AGRICULTURAE BOREALI-SINICA, 2019, 34(4): 32-36. doi: 10.7668/hbnxb.201751710.

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