ACTA AGRICULTURAE BOREALI-SINICA ›› 2020, Vol. 35 ›› Issue (2): 72-78. doi: 10.7668/hbnxb.20190775

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Analysis on Protein and Starch Composition and Structure of Foxtail Millet and Wheat

LIU Dan1, ZHAO Zilong2, LIANG Dan1, CAO Tingting2, LI Sumin1, WANG Conglei1, SHI Xiaowei1, YANG Xiaoran2, ZHANG Ming2, ZHU Ming2, WANG Jianhe1, FENG Gang1, LI Suying2   

  1. 1. Tianjin Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Breeding, Tianjin Crop Research Institute, Tianjin Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Tianjin 300384, China;
    2. Faculty of Life Science, Tangshan Normal University, Tangshan 063000, China
  • Received:2019-12-10 Published:2020-04-28

Abstract: For study the differences of structure and characters of protein and starch between wheat and foxtail millet, and find new ways to improve the quality of wheat, the total protein, glutenin and gliadin of wheat and foxtail millet were extracted by total protein extraction method, the extraction of high and low molecular weight glutenin method, and alcohol soluble protein extraction methodrespectively,and the protein bands were identified by SDS-PAGE(total protein and glutenin) and A-PAGE(glidain). The differences of structure of protein and starch between wheat and foxtail millet were observed and analyzed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The results showed that the grain of foxtail millet almost not contained glutenin, and contained some alcohol-soluble protein with polymorphisms.The grain of wheat contained A, B, C three kinds of starch, while the grain of foxtail millet was found two kinds of starch only.And the starch of foxtail millet is polygonal and smaller than that of wheat. Above all, the structure, shape and composition of starch and protein of foxtail millet and wheat were quite different.It may provide a new way to improve the quality of foxtail millet by modifying starch and protein synthesis genes like wheat.

Key words: Foxtail millet, Wheat, Protein, Starch, Analysis of structural differences

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LIU Dan, ZHAO Zilong, LIANG Dan, CAO Tingting, LI Sumin, WANG Conglei, SHI Xiaowei, YANG Xiaoran, ZHANG Ming, ZHU Ming, WANG Jianhe, FENG Gang, LI Suying. Analysis on Protein and Starch Composition and Structure of Foxtail Millet and Wheat[J]. ACTA AGRICULTURAE BOREALI-SINICA, 2020, 35(2): 72-78. doi: 10.7668/hbnxb.20190775.

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