CHARACTERIZATION OF THE MAJOR PROLAMINS OF TEF (ERAGROSTIS TEF) AND FINGER MILLET (ELEUSINE-CORACANA)

Authors
TATHAM AS FIDO RJ MOORE CM KASARDA DD KUZMICKY DD KEEN JN SHEWRY PR
Citation
As. Tatham et al., CHARACTERIZATION OF THE MAJOR PROLAMINS OF TEF (ERAGROSTIS TEF) AND FINGER MILLET (ELEUSINE-CORACANA), Journal of cereal science, 24(1), 1996, pp. 65-71
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Food Science & Tenology
Journal title
Journal of cereal science → ACNP
ISSN journal
07335210
Volume
24
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
65 - 71
Database
ISI
SICI code
0733-5210(1996)24:1<65:COTMPO>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
The major prolamins of tef (Eragrostis tef (Zucc.) Trotter) and finger millet (Eleusine coracana L. Gaertn subsp. coracana) were purified an d characterised by SDS-PAGE, amino acid analysis and N-terminal amino acid sequencing. These studies indicate that the major prolamins of te f and finger millet are similar to the a-prolamins of the Panicoideae (maize, sorghum and Coix), although they are classified in a separate sub-family of the Poaceae, the Chloridoideae. (C) 1996 Academic Press Limited