“…T he protein composition in mature wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) has been reported to play a critical role in governing wheat flour properties and uses (He and Hoseney 1991;Delwiche and others 1998;Wrigley and Bekes 2001;Daniel and Triboi 2002;Thiele and others 2002). For many decades, research efforts have been focused on gliadin and glutenin contents, both known to affect the functional properties of gluten (Frater and others 1960;Mauritzen and Stewart 1963;Singh and others 1987;Graveland and Henderson 1990;Uthayakumaran and others 2000). On the basis of the interchange of disulfide bonds during dough mixing (Ewart 1968), the linear concatenation model of glutenin subunits has long been the basis for understanding elasticity, viscous flow and relaxation, dough breakdown on over-mixing, and the action of oxidants (Ewart 1972(Ewart , 1979Shewry and Tatham 1997).…”