Journal
FOOD CHEMISTRY
Volume 221, Issue -, Pages 1322-1332Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2016.11.023
Keywords
Actin; Proteolysis; Dry fermented sausages; Cathepsins; Mass spectrometry
Funding
- Fund for Scientific Research - Flanders (FWO-Vlaanderen) [G.0327.12]
- Hercules Foundation [AUG019]
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In dry fermented sausages, myofibrillar proteins undergo intense proteolysis generating small peptides and free amino acids that play a role in flavour generation. This study aimed to identify small peptides arising from actin proteolysis, as influenced by the type of processing. Two acidification profiles were imposed, in order to mimic the pH normally obtained in southern-type and northern-type dry fermented sausages. The identification of peptides was done by liquid chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry in a data-independent positive mode of acquisition (LC-MSE). During manufacturing of the dry fermented sausages, actin was highly proteolysed, especially in nine regions of the sequence. After fermentation, 52 and 42 actin-derived peptides were identified at high and low pH, respectively, which further increased to 66 and 144 peptides, respectively, at the end of ripening. Most peptides were released at the cleavage sites of cathepsins B and D, which thus play an important role. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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