Abstract:To develop high-quality plant protein-animal protein composite products, glycosylation modification on chickpea protein isolate (CPI) through heat induction was conducted to investigate the effects of adding different mass fractions (1%, 5%, 10%) of CPI on the gel properties of myofibrillar protein (MP). The results indicated that the addition of CPI significantly reduced the whiteness value and cooking loss rate of MP, significantly increased the binding amount of bromocresol blue, and increased the amount of weakly bound water (T22) in the water distribution while reducing the amount of free water (T23). The effect was more pronounced especially after the CPI underwent glycosylation. At the 10% addition level of glycosylation CPI, the cooking loss rate of the MP gel was decreased by 43.98% compared to the MP gel without CPI addition, the binding amount of bromophenol blue was increased by 49.98%, the red feature of the pseudo-color image was more obvious, and the laser confocal microscopy (LSCM) revealed that the microstructure of the gel was more dense. Furthermore, the addition of CPI significantly reduced the gel properties of MP (P<0.05). However, the effect of glycosylated CPI on the gel properties of MP was significantly better than that of the unglycosylated CPI. Dynamic rheology showed that the gel elasticity of all samples was increased significantly, indicating that the gelation of MP-CPI composite system was enhanced. In conclusion, glycosylated CPI was more conducive to improving the performance of MP gel, providing a theoretical basis for the further development of new plant protein-animal protein composite systems.