Research Article

Structural Changes in Rice Bran Protein upon Different Extrusion Temperatures: A Raman Spectroscopy Study

Table 2

Tentative assignment of some bands in the Raman spectrum of rice bran protein (RBP).

Frequency (cm−1)Assignment

514νS-S gauche-gauche-gauche conformation
530νS-S gauche-gauche-trans conformation
547νS-S trans-gauche-trans conformation
620–640Phenylalanine (Phe)
644Tyrosine (Tyr)
760Tryptophan (Trp)
830Tyr -ring
850Tyr -ring
940νC-C (-helix)
1003Phe -ring
1250Amide III bands (-sheet, random coil)
1273Amide III bands (-helix)
1309Amide III bands (-helix)
1321Trp -ring
1340CH
1360Trp -ring
1450CH3, CH2, CH
1645–1690Amide I bands

ν, stretching vibrations; δ, bending vibrations; vs, very strong.
Phe, phenylalanine; Tyr, tyrosine; Trp, tryptophan; α-helix, β-sheet, β-turn, and unordered structure are secondary structure elements of protein.