Table 2.
Pearson correlation coefficients between different secondary structures of hydrated gluten and the extracted gluten viscoelastic property (creep strain).
| Intermolecular β-Sheets/Extended Hydrated Chains |
Antiparallel β-Sheets, More Weakly Hydrogen-Bonded β-Sheets |
Random Coils and α-Helices | β-Turns | β-Sheet | Creep Strain (%) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intermolecular β- sheets | 1.000 | |||||
| Antiparallel β-sheets | −0.400 | 1.000 | ||||
| Random coils | −0.438 | −0.158 | 1.000 | |||
| β-turns | −0.262 | 0.540 | −0.063 | 1.000 | ||
| β-sheet | −0.267 | −0.200 | −0.178 | −0.657 * | 1.000 | |
| Creep strain | 0.547 | −0.770 * | 0.060 | −0.670 * | 0.149 | 1.000 |
* Significant correlations at p < 0.05.