Improved thermal-stability and mechanical properties of type I collagen by crosslinking with casein, keratin and soy protein isolate using transglutaminase

Publication date: May 2017
Source:International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, Volume 98
Author(s): Xiaomeng Wu, Yaowei Liu, Anjun Liu, Wenhang Wang
The inferior thermal- stability of collagen hinders its extensive application in food industry, including edible packaging. To improve the thermal- stability and mechanical properties of collagen, we attempted to crosslink collagen with some proteins possessing excellent thermal stability (i. e., casein, keratin and soy protein isolate (SPI)). Observed from the SDS- PAGE and particle size distribution, some complexes with higher molecule weight and relative bigger size particle occurred in the protein mixture, especially after TGase crosslinking. Importantly, the crosslinking greatly improved the thermal- stable property of protein complex, especially that of the collagen- casein complex judged from differential scanning calorimetric (DSC). Moreover, the crosslinking enhanced the mechanical properties of the combined films in terms of tensile strength (TS) and elongation at break (EAB). Also, some obvious differences in morphology of proteins before and after TGase crosslinking were observed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). These impacts of TGase crosslinking with heat- resistant proteins on collagen features were associated with the conformational changes of the protein complex analyzed by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR). In conclusion, TGase crosslinking with higher thermally stable proteins could be an effective method to contribute to collagen’ application in food packaging field.



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