The present chapter describes an accurate and user-friendly method for determining amino acid composition of wheat gluten proteins and their gliadin and glutenin fractions. The method consists of hydrolysis of the peptide bonds in 6.0 M hydrochloric acid (HCl) solution at 110 °C for 24 h, followed by evaporation of the acid and separation of the free amino acids by high-performance anion-exchange chromatography with integrated pulsed amperometric detection (HPAEC-IPAD). In contrast to conventional methods, the analysis requires neither pre- or post-column derivatization nor a time-consuming oxidation or derivatization step prior to hydrolysis. Correction factors account for incomplete release of Val and Ile even after hydrolysis for 24 h and for losses of Ser during evaporation. Gradient conditions including an extra eluent allow multiple sequential sample analyses without risk of Glu accumulation on the anion-exchange column which otherwise would result from high Gln levels in gluten proteins.
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Rombouts, I., Lagrain, B., Lamberts, L., Celus, I., Brijs, K., & Delcour, J. A. (2019). Wheat Gluten Amino Acid Analysis by High-Performance Anion-Exchange Chromatography with Integrated Pulsed Amperometric Detection. In Methods in Molecular Biology (Vol. 2030, pp. 381–394). Humana Press Inc. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-9639-1_28
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