PMID- 21599024 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20111028 LR - 20161125 IS - 1520-5118 (Electronic) IS - 0021-8561 (Linking) VI - 59 IP - 13 DP - 2011 Jul 13 TI - Thiol-quinone adduct formation in myofibrillar proteins detected by LC-MS. PG - 6900-5 LID - 10.1021/jf200965s [doi] AB - Protein oxidation in meat is considered to decrease meat tenderness due to protein disulfide cross-link formation of thiol-containing amino acid residues. An LC-MS method for detection of thiol-quinone adducts (RS-QH(2)) in myofibrillar proteins was developed to investigate the interaction between phenols, as protective antioxidants, and proteins from meat under oxidative conditions using aqueous solutions of (i) cysteine (Cys), (ii) glutathione (GSH), (iii) bovine serum albumin (BSA), or (iv) a myofibrillar protein isolate (MPI). The aqueous solutions were incubated at room temperature (30 min) with 4-methyl-1,2-benzoquinone (4MBQ) prepared from oxidation of 4-methylcatechol (4MC) by periodate resin or incubated at room temperature (5 h) with 4MC and Fe(II)/H(2)O(2). GSH, BSA, and MPI were hydrolyzed (6 N HCl, 110 degrees C, 22 h) after incubation, and the cysteine-quinone adduct, Cys-QH(2) (m/z 244.2) was identified according to UV and mass spectra after separation on an RP-C18 column. The thiol-quinone adduct was present in all thiol systems after incubation with 4MBQ or 4MC oxidized by Fe(II)/H(2)O(2). Direct reaction with 4MBQ resulted in each case in increased Cys-QH(2) formation compared to simultaneous oxidation of thiol source and 4MC with Fe(II)/H(2)O(2). The covalent bonds between quinones and thiol groups may act as a potential antioxidant by inhibiting disulfide protein cross-link formation. FAU - Jongberg, Sisse AU - Jongberg S AD - Department of Food Science, University of Copenhagen, Rolighedsvej 30, DK-1958 Frederiksberg C, Denmark. FAU - Gislason, Nick E AU - Gislason NE FAU - Lund, Marianne N AU - Lund MN FAU - Skibsted, Leif H AU - Skibsted LH FAU - Waterhouse, Andrew L AU - Waterhouse AL LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20110609 PL - United States TA - J Agric Food Chem JT - Journal of agricultural and food chemistry JID - 0374755 RN - 0 (Benzoquinones) RN - 0 (Muscle Proteins) RN - 0 (Sulfhydryl Compounds) RN - 3131-54-2 (4-methyl-1,2-benzoquinone) RN - 3T006GV98U (quinone) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Benzoquinones/*analysis/chemistry MH - Cattle MH - *Chromatography, Liquid MH - Muscle Proteins/*chemistry MH - Myofibrils/*chemistry MH - Oxidation-Reduction MH - *Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization MH - Sulfhydryl Compounds/*analysis/chemistry EDAT- 2011/05/24 06:00 MHDA- 2011/10/29 06:00 CRDT- 2011/05/24 06:00 PHST- 2011/05/24 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2011/05/24 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2011/10/29 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1021/jf200965s [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Agric Food Chem. 2011 Jul 13;59(13):6900-5. doi: 10.1021/jf200965s. Epub 2011 Jun 9.