The arginine content of Viciu fabu protein/casein(l: 1)-fibers is made to decrease up to 50 per cent by reaction with glyoxal and up to 15 per cent by dialdehyde starch. Formaldehyde and glutaric dialdehyde do not influence the arginine content. The content in amido groups is not affected by the reaction with glyoxal, dialdehyde starch, formaldehyde, and glutaric dialdehyde. The reaction of the fiber protein with the quoted aldehydes increases in the following order: glyoxal < formaldehyde < dialdehyde starch < glutaric dialdehyde and is dependent on the concentration of the specific aldehyde.In part I [l] the blocking of lysine in the reaction of protein fibers with carbonyl compounds and the changes in the functional property ,,shear strength" have been reported. Part II deals with the participation of arginine and amido groups in the reaction. Moreover, the reaction of fiber protein with carbonyl compounds is determined quantitatively.
Material and methodsThe material under research are fibers of Vicia fuba protein-casein (1 : l), prepared according to [2] (diameter 40-80 pm, dry matter 37-41 per cent, pH value 2.5-3.0).The following aldehydes have been used: formaldehyde 30%, glyoxal 40%, glutaric dialdehyde 25 %, and dialdehyde starch (degree of oxidation about loo%), prepared by oxidation of starch with periodic acid at pH 4 according to MEHLTRE~ER [3].The treatment of protein fibers with aldehydes has been carried out at pH 6, according to part I [I]. Arginine has been determined by colour reaction, according to SAKAGUCHI, by reaction with alpha-naphtho1 and hypobromite [5]. At first the sample is to partially hydrolyse for 6 h in 6 N hydrochloric acid (ratio protein:hydrochloric acid = 1 : 1000). In order to separate by-products which may interfere with the reaction, the hydrolysate is purified by column chromatography (length of column: 15 cm, diameter: 0.9 cm, cation exchange resin: Amberlite 1R 120, eluting solvent: sodium citrate buffer pH 4.25 and 5.28 according to MOORE et a].[6], speed of elution: 30 ml/hr.). The determination of arginine in the eluate (buffer 5.28) has been carried out according to IZUMI [4, 51. The calculation of the arginine content was enabled by an external standard for each series.Dedicated to the 60th birthday of Prof. Dr. H. HAENEL Part I Nahrung 21, 215 (1977)