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Molecular mechanisms of wheat protein elasticity in relation to food processing and biomaterials

Reference	D14544
Principal Investigator / Supervisor	Professor Peter Belton
Co-Investigators / Co-Supervisors	Professor Nigel Halford, Professor Peter Shewry, Dr Reg Wilson
Institution	Quadram Institute Bioscience
Department	Food Materials Science Division
Funding type	Research
Value (£)	283,092
Status	Completed
Type	Research Grant
Start date	01/04/2001
End date	31/12/2004
Duration	45 months

Abstract

This proposal combines innovations in the molecular biology of wheat proteins with developments in spectroscopic methods to understand the way in which the sequence details of the repeat peptides of the high molecular weight subunits of gluten affect their behaviour. The behaviour of repeat peptides with perfect sequences will be compared with those having controlled mutations using FTIR and NMR spectroscopy methods, both statically and under mechanical deformation. Results will be interpreted in terms of the loop and train model for high molecular weight subunits and used to predict the way in which sequence affects behaviour.

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Committee	Closed Committee - Agri-food (AF)
Research Topics	X – not assigned to a current Research Topic
Research Priority	X – Research Priority information not available
Research Initiative	X - not in an Initiative
Funding Scheme	X – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme

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