11S and 7S Globulin Fractions in Soybean Seed and Soycurd Characteristics

콩 종실 단백질 분획(7S, 11S)과 두부특성

Soybean seed consists of two major storage protein, the 7S and 11S globulins. For improving the quality of soybean seed protein, an increase of 11S/7S ratio would be a desirable objective because the 11S globulin contains much more the sulfur-containing amino acids than the 7S globulin. In this study, some soybean varieties were used to investigate the analyzing method for 7S and 11S globulins. 7S and 11S globulins couble be fractionated by their different solubilities in tris buffers. Adjusting the pH and tris concentration were major factors affecting the precipitation of the two globulins. And it was possible to screen the soybean genotypes having aberrant subunit compositions of the two globulins by an sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) of total soybean proteins. The ratio of 11S to 7S globulin ranged from 1.29 to 1.38. This paper also dealed with the contribution of protein components in soybean seeds to the physical properties of soycurd. It indicated that the soycurd from crude 11S was remarkably harder than that from crude 7S, and springiness and cohesiveness were slightly higher in soycurd having higher proportion of 11S. So, it may concluded that proportion of protein components in soybean seed can be important factor which controls the suitability for soycurd or other foods.

콩 저장 단백질의 대부분은 globulin이며, 이중 7S와 11S가 70% 이상을 차지한다. 따라서 콩 단백질의 조성개량을 위해서는 11S/7S 비율 조정이 우선되는데, 본 연구에서는 몇가지 콩 품종을 사용하여 7S와 11S를 분리 확인하고, 이들 분획 단백질을 이용한 두부제조시험을 실시하였다. 7S와11S는 콩 분말을 탈지한 후 pH를 조정하고 원심분리를 이용함으로써 분획할 수 있었고, 전기영동상(SDS-PAGE)에서 이를 확인할 수 있었다. 공시계통들의 11S/7S 비율은 1.29∼1.38을 나타내어 계통간 차이가 없었다. 한편 콩 종실 단백질을 7S와 11S로 분획한 후 7S와 11S를 비율별로 혼합하여 두부를 제조하고 물성을 측정한 결과 11S량이 많아질수록 두부의 경도, 탄력성, 응집성 등이 높게 나타난다. 따라서 11S와 7S의 비율을 조정함으로써 여러가지 용도에 알맞는 식품개발이 가능하리라 판단된다.