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BIOCATALYSIS AND AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY
Volume 1, Issue 3, Pages 207-219Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.bcab.2012.03.007
Keywords
Cross-link; Polysaccharide; Enzymatic; Food functionality
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- Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai
- Ministry of Higher Education, Malaysia
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Recent research has demonstrated how cross-linking of pectic polysaccharides to obtain gel formation can be promoted by enzymatic catalysis reactions, and provide opportunities for functional upgrading of pectic polysaccharides present in agro-industrial sidestreams. This review highlights the mechanisms of formation of functional pectic polysaccharide cross-links, including covalent cross-links (notably phenolic esters and uronyl ester linkages) and non-covalent, ionic cross-links (which involve calcium and borate ester links). The treatise examines how such cross-links can be designed via specific enzymatic reactions, and highlights the most recent data concerning enzyme catalyzed engineering of cross-links for in situ structural design of functional properties of foods. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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