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Showing 1 to 20 of 22 for “"protein functionality"”.
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Processed Meats and Protein Functionality
… physical changes were occurring to the muscle proteins due to processing conditions. This research approach relates processed meat manufacturing with the functional aspects of muscle proteins.
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Hydrodynamic Shock Wave Effects on Protein Functionality
… HSW and control BF sections were analyzed for protein solubility and then used to manufacture frankfurters formulated with 2.0% NaCl, 0.5 % sodium tripolyphosphate, 156 ppm sodium nitrite, 0.42 % sodium erythorbate, 2.0 % sucrose, and 25 % water. Frankfurters (cooked to 71 C) were evaluated for …
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Ante- and post-mortem factors affect muscle protein functionality from fish
… Brining time linearly increased myofibrillar protein solubility, fillet weight loss after brining, water-phase salt content, and cooked ash content and linearly decreased water activity and brined and cooked moisture content. An 8.7% (w/v) brine and 90-min brining time resulted in maximum …
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Investigation of plant protein functionality for food applications and health benefits
… and consumer acceptance of legume-based plant proteins to support their development as sustainable and functional dietary alternatives. Understanding consumer attitudes and barriers towards plant-based products (PBPs) is crucial for facilitating this shift. The first study investigated the …
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Modification of soy-wheat protein functionality by co-precipitation and its extrusion performances
… of native, co-precipitated and blended proteins. Experiments will be designed to better understand the mechanisms involved in the texture formation of the co-precipitated protein, and determine the most suitable conditions and compositions for co-precipitation leading to better textured …
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Self-assembly of globular protein-polymer diblock copolymers
Self-assembly of protein-polymer block copolymers provides a simple bottom-up approach towards protein nanopatteming for the fabrication of more effective and efficient bioelectronic and biocatalytic devices. Changes in shape and surface chemistry between proteinpolymer conjugates and classical …
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Using Persistent Homology for Topological Analysis of Protein Interaction Network of Candida Antarctica Lipase B Molecular Dynamic Simulation Model
… to analyze the conformational changes of the protein and probe its unusual high-temperature activity. Next, we build the protein interaction network of amino acids for CalB to study pairwise interactions between amino acids (nodes) and probe the protein in terms of statistical features of …
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Enhancing the functionality of delactosed whey by enzymatic hydrolysis using Response Surface Methodology Approach (RSM)
Delactosed whey (DLW), which has ~24% protein, is a by-product of lactose production and is mostly used as animal feed. DLW applications can be expanded to include food products, and its economic value improved by amplifying its protein functionality. Moderate enzymatic hydrolysis can significantly …
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Production of Protein Concentrates from Brewer's Spent Grain via Wet Fractionation and Enzymatic Purification
… and is rich in nutrients including 15-30% protein, making it a potentially valuable protein source for human food. Current challenges of extracting protein from BSG include low yields and high manufacturing costs, but the rising trend of plant-based diets for environmental and health …
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The PLK1 and NLRP3 interactome in NLRP3 inflammasome activation
… domains responsible for this interaction. Protein-protein interactions regulate protein functionality of both PLK1 and NLRP3. Therefore, I set out to identify the PLK1 and NLRP3 interactome during NLRP3 inflammasome activation, which could indicate the underlying mechanism of how PLK1 …
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Tumble Marination Strategies to Improve pH, Color, and Water-Holding Capacity in Pale, Soft, and Exudative (PSE) Broiler Breast Fillets
… are still high. This decrease in pH leads to protein denaturation attributing to the pale color and poor water holding capacity (WHC) that is characteristic of this lesser quality meat. Pale, soft, and exudative meat has economic implications for processors with losses ranging between $2-4 …
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Functional Properties of Restructured Boneless Pork Produced From Pse and Rfn Pork Utilizing Non-Meat Adjuncts
… starch (MFS), sodium caseinate (SC), and soy protein concentrate (SPC). Response Surface Methodology was utilized to determine the effects of these adjuncts on water holding capacity, color, and texture. Both RFN pork and PSE pork were selected based on visual color for the following five …
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Countercurrent chromatography of proteins using aqueous two-phase systems
… biotechnology industry requires high - capacity protein manufacturing processes that retain protein functionality. Large - scale countercurrent J- type centrifuges have been developed by the Brunel Institute for Bioengineering that successfully purify small organic molecules using aqueous - …
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Functional Characterization and Evolutionary Analysis of Lepidopteran Cytochrome P450 Genes Involved in Plant -Insect Interaction
… Chimeric combinations of closely related CYP6B proteins have confirmed that the identity of residue 129, which is predicted to be under positive selection and interact with the extended I-H loop, defines the functional differences between the CYP6B4 and CYP6B25 proteins. These studies also …
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Novel carriers for oral delivery of hemophiliac factor IX
… of subsequent bleeding episodes. A non-invasive protein replacement therapy using an oral delivery system can both overcome such issues and improve access to treatment in developing countries. Oral delivery is a desirable route for protein therapeutics; however, two main challenges—increasing …
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Personalised Risk Assessment of Low-dose Radiation Effects on Spermatogenesis
… that are predicted to lead to a loss of ATM protein functionality. In conclusion, the cell and tissue responses induced by non-uniform, temporospatial radiation exposure and affected by individual differences in radiation sensitivity are essential in creating a personalised risk assessment of …
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Effects of various salt purity levels on lipid oxidation and sensory characteristics of ground turkey and pork
… on lipid oxidation, sensory characteristics, protein extractability, and bind strength of ground turkey and pork. This study was a completely randomized design with 5 treatment groups and 6 replications in 2 species. Ground, turkey and pork meat was formulated into one hundred and fifty gram …
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Modifying N-linked glycosylation in tobacco to produce human-type post-translational modifications
… are a capable system for producing high value proteins for a variety of applications, and challenge popular host organisms such as mammalian cells, bacteria or yeasts. However, plants do not perform post translation protein modification in the same manner as mammalian cells, most critically in …
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Reversible chemistry to control the synthesis and folding of polymeric materials
… synthesize macromolecules that have a specific functionality is the selection and evolution cycle, in which template reactions amplify the most promising sequences. All the work done in the field involve biomolecules or bio-inspired systems but there are not, to the best of our knowledge, …
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Hyper-Plastic Structural Evolution Of The PEX Domain - A Model Of Evolutionary Exaptation And Neofunctionalization At The Molecular Level
… biochemical and physiological aspects of proteins. Tertiary protein structural domains are assumed to be features of proteins whose bio-historical relationships can be traceable over relevant evolutionary space. The phylogenetics of protein domains, including their genesis, duplication, …
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