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Cryoprotective Effect and Mechanism of Dextran with Different Molecular Weights on Denaturation of Myofibrillar Protein from Grass Carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella)

LU Yaobin1,2, XIONG Guangquan1, LI Xin1, WU Wenjin1, QIAO Yu1, DING Anzi1, LIAO Li1, WANG Jun1, WANG Lan1,*   

  1. 1. Farm Products Processing Research Sub-Center, Hubei Innovation Center of Agriculture Science and Technology,
    Institute of Agricultural Products Processing and Nuclear-Agricultural Technology, Hubei Academy of Agricultural Sciences,
    Wuhan 430064, China; 2. College of Food Science and Engineering, Wuhan Polytechnic University, Wuhan 430023, China
  • Online:2016-05-25 Published:2016-05-18

Abstract:

The present study investigated the cryoprotective effect of dextran with different molecular weights on
denaturation of myofibrillar protein from grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella). The content of salt soluble protein,
Ca2+-ATPase activity, surface hydrophobicity, total sulfhydryl group and active sulfhydryl group were evaluated. Results
showed that the denaturation of grass carp myofibrillar protein was significantly delayed by dextran during frozen storage,
and the effect of dextran (0.5%) was better than that of commercial antifreeze (4% sucrose + 4% D-sorbitol). Low molecular
weight dextran (T7) was better than high molecular weight dextran (T20) in protecting the Ca2+-ATPase activity and active
sulfhydryl group and also in delaying the increase of surface hydrophobicity and the decrease of sulfhydryl group after
15 d frozen storage. Thus, the low molecular weight dextran is recommended to be used in the fishery industry as a
promising cryoprotectant.

Key words: grass carp, myofibrillar protein, dextran, molecular weight, frozen denaturation

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