Highly homogenous zein protein was isolated from maize kernels in an environment-friendly process using 95 % ethanol as solvent. High purity of the zein protein product was determined by SDS PAGE analysis and by 2 D gel electrophoresis followed by MALDI-ToF-MS peptide mass fingerprinting after in-ge...
Zeins are a class of prolamine proteins extracted from maize, and are extensively used in the food and pharmaceutical industries. Therefore, characterization of its components is essential for quality control and safety evaluation. However, zein proteins have low abundance of the trypsin targets lys...
Reduced prolamin (zein) accumulation and defective ER-body formation occurs in maize opaque endosperm mutants opaque2 (o2), floury2 (fl2), defective endosperm*B30 (DeB30), and mucronate (Mc) whereas other opaque mutants such as opaque1 (o1) and floury1 (fl1) are normal in these regards. This suggest...
