Gliadin compositions of 95 spring spelts, 5 winter spelts, and Neepawa
Hard Red Spring (HRS)
wheat were evaluated by acid−polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis
(A-PAGE). Five spring spelts
grown in three environments over 2 years were compared to the HRS
cultivar Katepwa using
A-PAGE and sodium dodecyl sulfate−polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis
(SDS-PAGE). On the basis
of the scoring of 13 bands, the spring and winter spelts diverged
widely from Neepawa HRS wheat.
None of the spring spelts evaluated had a gliadin protein profile
identical to that of commercially
available winter spelt. Spring and winter spelts were
differentiated from Katepwa HRS wheat
based on ω-gliadin composition, in which common wheat was
characterized by the presence of a
slow-moving ω-gliadin and a strong-staining fast-moving ω-gliadin.
Common wheat and spring
spelt accessions SK0505, SK0263, and RL5407 (black-hulled spelts) had a
distinct strong band in
the γ-gliadin region with MW of about 64K which was absent in winter
spelts and the spring spelts
SK0021 and PGR8801 (white-hulled spelts). The molecular weights of
gliadin proteins were in the
range of 34K−75K.
Keywords: Spelt; wheat; gliadin; electrophoresis; A-PAGE; SDS-PAGE,
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