Characterisation of the major prolamins of tef (Eragrostis tef) and finger millet (Eleusine coracana)

The major prolamins of tef (Eragrostis tef (Zucc.) Trotter) and finger millet (Eleusine coracana L. Gaertn subsp. coracana) were purified and characterised by SDS-PAGE, amino acid analysis and N-terminal amino acid sequencing. These studies indicate that the major prolamins of tef and finger millet are similar to the α-prolamins of the Panicoideae (maize, sorghum and Coix), although they are classified in a separate sub-family of the Poaceae, the Chloridoideae.