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exhibits a major role in the physicochemical properties of the dough
(Fermin et al., 2005). It has been demonstrated that WOP has better
solubility, stable dispersion, and easy absorption (Popineau et al., 2002).
With these excellent physicochemical properties, WOP has been widely
used in food products.
Nowadays, investigation about WOP is mainly focused on its physi-
ological function (Liu, Zhang, et al., 2021). Despite the inquiry about the
effects of protein on dough improvements, there is little information
about the impact of WOP on dough stability. Therefore, we aim to
investigate the inuence of WOP on the dynamic, empirical rheology,
and moisture distribution of the dough. In addition, SEM and gel elec-
trophoresis experiments are performed to explore the WOP-dough
microstructure and the molecular weight of the protein. The results
are expected to provide some information for the research of
peptides-dough based foods with the desired properties.
2. Materials and methods
2.1. Materials
Wheat our (Golden Statue Brand, LamSoon Limited, Hong Kong,
China) and high-activity dry yeast (Angel Yeast Co., Ltd, Yichang, Hubei,
China) were obtained from the supermarket. WOP was purchased from
Xi’an BaiChuan Biological Technology (Xi’an, Shaanxi, China). All other
reagents and chemicals used were of analytical reagent grade.
2.2. Dough preparations
The dough production method in this study was modied based on
recent research (Fu et al., 2021). The basic formulation consisted of
wheat our (100%), water (about 60%), yeast (1.5%), and sodium
chloride (1%), in which the percentage was calculated on the basis of the
wheat our. The WOP (0, 0.5%, 1.0%, 1.5%, w/w) was used to partially
replace wheat our. The specic production process was as follows:
rstly, different substitution ratios of WOP, our, yeast, and sodium
chloride was poured into the dough machine. Then, the appropriate
amount of water was added and kept mixing to obtain the dough.
Finally, the dough was removed and each portion was divided into 60 g.
2.3. Rheological properties
2.3.1. Dynamic rheological properties
The frequency variation of the viscoelastic properties in the dough
with different concentrations of WOP was probed by DHR-2 (TA In-
struments, DE, USA) concerning the previous method and some modi-
cations (Fetouhi et al., 2019). The test conditions were set in the
frequency range of 0.1–1 Hz, with a strain amplitude parameter of 0.1%,
and the frequency scan test was performed at 25 ◦C. The dough was
arranged between boards with a diameter of 40 mm and a gap of 2 mm.
The mixed dough was settled for 30 min and then lled between the
trays. The storage modulus (G′) and loss modulus (G’’) were determined.
2.3.2. Empirical rheological properties
2.3.2.1. Farinograph properties. The farinograph properties of dough
were determined using the farinograph-E (Brabender, Duisburg, Ger-
many). In compliance with our previous method, different concentra-
tions of WOP, wheat our, and water were mixed thoroughly in the
mixing bowl to maximum consistency close to 500 FU (Liu et al., 2022).
The data on water absorption, development time, and stabilization time
were recorded. The trials were repeated 3 times for each group.
2.3.2.2. Extension properties. The tensile properties of the dough were
evaluated with an Extensograph-E (Brabender, Duisburg, Germany), and
the relevant parameter settings were referred to the earlier experimental
method (Yang et al., 2021). The dough with a maximum consistency of
500 FU was cut into two parts, weighed, tumbled, kneaded, shaped, and
placed in a resting box for 45 min, which was put in a xture for elon-
gation measurements. The energy, area, and maximum resistance during
this process were registered.
2.4. Rapid viscosity analyzer measurement
The pasting properties of the dough with and without WOP were
evaluated with a rapid analyzer (RVA-Super 4, Perten instruments,
H¨
agersten, Sweden). The instrument was run with the program settings
referring to the prior approaches (Samutsri & Suphantharika, 2012). The
experimental data including peak viscosity, breakdown, and setback
value were recorded. All experiments were performed three times.
2.5. Fermentation properties
The rheofermentometer F4 (Chopin Technologies, Villeneuve-la-
Garenne Cedex, France) was applied. The dough was arranged in the
fermentation chamber bottom and pressed at, and then left for 5 h, this
process was kept constant at 28.5 ◦C (Li et al., 2019). The fermentation
parameter included maximum dough development height under pres-
sure (Hm, mm), total amount of gas (Vt, mL), total amount of gas saved
at the end of fermentation (Vr, mL), and gas retention factor (Vr/Vt, %).
Each measurement was repeated three times.
2.6. Low-eld nuclear magnetic resonance (LF-NMR)
Low-eld NMR (NMI20, NIUMAG Corporation, Suzhou, China)
could be applied to determine the moisture distribution of dough sam-
ples. Uniform and neat dough cores were placed in a 40 mm diameter
NMR glass tube and wrapped with cling lm. The measurement pa-
rameters of spin relaxation time (T
2
) were established by referring to the
earlier method (Tang et al., 2013).
2.7. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM)
The microstructure of the dough was obtained by scanning electron
microscopy (GeminiSEM 300, Zeiss, Oberkochen, Germany). The dough
cores were freeze-dried and treated with gold spray and tested by SEM.
The magnication was 1500 ×.
2.8. Sodium dodecyl sulphate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-
PAGE)
Referring to the previous method, the dough was mixed with
different concentrations of WOP to prepare the crude protein (Sang
et al., 2020). The 50 mg protein sample was weighed and mixed with 1
mL of Tris-HCl extraction buffer containing 10% glycerol (v/v), 2% SDS
(w/v), and 0.01% bromophenol blue (w/v). The mixture was stirred
uniformly at ambient temperature (25 ◦C) for 3 h, and the supernatant
was obtained by centrifugation at 16000g (PK-20M centrifuge, Hunan
Pingke Scientic Instrument Co., Ltd, Hunan, China) for 20 min. The
different supernatant samples were mixed with bromophenol blue in-
dicator (4:1, v/v) in a boiling water bath for 5 min, and then the samples
were added to 12% of the separation gel and 5% of the concentration
gel. The voltage was 80 V for the concentrated gel and 120 V for the
separating gel. For reductive SDS-PAGE analysis, 1% DTT (w/v) was
spiked in Tris-HCl extraction buffer at pH 6.8, 0.125 mol/L, and the rest
of the procedure was the same. The gels were removed for rapid staining
and decolorization, and images were captured with a gel imager.
2.9. Statistical analysis
Statistical analysis of windows was performed by one-way analysis of
variance (ANOVA) using the software SPSS 24.0 (SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL,
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