glutenin
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English
Etymology
Noun
glutenin (countable and uncountable, plural glutenins)
- (biochemistry) The glutelin protein of wheat.
- 2004, Harold McGee, chapter 10, in On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen, Scribner, →ISBN:
- The gliadin chains fold onto themselves in a compact mass, and bond weakly with each other and with the glutenin proteins. The glutenins, however, bond with each other in several ways to form an extensive, tightly knit network.
Translations
gluten protein of wheat
