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. 2021 Jul 26;11(41):25788–25794. doi: 10.1039/d1ra03481b

Raman shifts for the nucleocapsid (N) protein.

Raman shift (cm−1) Assignation
373.8 δ C–C aliphatic chains
419.6 Tryptophan or histidine
495.2 S–S bond (β-sheet)
602.1 Phe
654.5 Tyr (α-helix)
678.4 Trp
729.77 ν-C–C aliphatic chains
783.46 Histidine
823.8 Tyr
852.4 Tyr doublet
862 β-Sheet Tyr
922.3 Val–N–Cα–C
975.8 Trp, Val
1050a C–N and C–C stretching
1076.7 ν-C–C aliphatic chains
1107.8 Histidine, Trp
1219.3 Phe, ν-C–C aliphatic chains
1248.6a Secondary amide bands
1266.9 Amide III
1320.65a Amide III (α-helix structures)
1390.0a C–H rocking in lipids
1458.1a General fatty acids, C–H stretching of glycoproteins
1517.4 Galactosamine, aromatic rings
1554.9 Indole ring Trp
1608.0 Trp, Tyr, Phe
1671.7 Amide I
a

Indicates the peaks are also present on the SARS-CoV-2 Raman-SERS spectrum.