To answer which is the key component caused the alterations of gluten in the presence of persimmon tannin (PT), the changes on physical properties, morphology, subunits coposition and cross-linking types of glutenin and gliadin were investigated. The results showed that compared with gliadin, glutenin was more sensitive to PT due to the greater changes in the thermal stability, network structure and aggregation behavior. This might be explained by the remarkable decreases in soluble subunits content, free sulfhydryl groups (S[sbnd]H), disulfide...
