Volume: 2, 2023
2nd International PhD Student’s Conference at the University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Poland:
ENVIRONMENT – PLANT – ANIMAL – PRODUCT
Abstract number: OL001
DOI: https://doi.org/10.24326/ICDSUPL2.OL001
Published online: 19 April 2023
ICDSUPL, 2, OL001 (2023)
Structure, function and relationship of proteins – current research direction
Todor Vasiljevic1
1 College of Health and Biomedicine Victoria University. Melbourne, Australia
Abstract
Rapid global population growth requires a food production increment of 50% to meet future demand. However, increasing production without compromising the environment is critical to establish sustainable food systems. To achieve this, three main objectives and/or challenges exist including sustainable food system development; food waste reduction; and global dietary change. The food industry is developing an increasing number of plant-based food products as alternatives to animal products that are intended to look, taste, and smell more like actual animal-based products. Plant proteins need to provide dual functionality – meet nutritional requirements and impart structural integrity to products. At present, plant protein based products do not meet nutritional requirements due to poor stability; more importantly, dietary requirements in terms of essential amino acids may need to be met by mixing proteins from various plant sources or partial supplementation with animal protein, thus a clear need for novel and functional protein mixtures exist. Therefore, to develop such novel mixtures there is a gap in matching functional behavior of plant proteins to those of, for example, dairy proteins that needs to be addressed. That would lead to a development of a tool that would predict plant protein behavior under various conditions based on structural features of these proteins.
How to cite
T. Vasiljevic, 2023. Structure, function and relationship of proteins – current research direction. In: 2nd International PhD Student’s Conference at the University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Poland: Environment – Plant – Animal – Product. https://doi.org/10.24326/ICDSUPL2.OL001