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. 2023 Jan 23;6:100449. doi: 10.1016/j.crfs.2023.100449

Table 3.

Single molecule level details on the effect of temperature on main soy proteins (7S and 11S).

Molecular descriptors 7S
11S
50 °C 85 °C 50 °C 85 °C
Energy descriptors
Potential energy, kJ/mol (-2418.77 ± 1.41)· 103 b (-2286.04 ± 1.54)· 103 a (-2448.11 ± 1.53)· 103 b (-2314.16 ± 1.46)· 103 a
Total energy, kJ/mol
(-1694.01 ± 1.05)· 103 b
(-1483.00 ± 1.06)· 103 a
(-1711.46 ± 1.49)· 103 b
(-1497.73 ± 0.95)· 103 a
Surface descriptors
Total surface exposed to solvent, nm2
protein 428.88 ± 3.79a 422.02 ± 2.69b 408.91 ± 2.35a 395.92 ± 2.72b
Gln residues 33.61 ± 1.09a 33.34 ± 0.76a 44.19 ± 0.86a 36.84 ± 0.50b
Lys residues
73.49 ± 1.39a
73.12 ± 0.65a
47.54 ± 0.68a
47.81 ± 0.42a
Hydrophobic surface exposed to solvent, nm2
protein 208.66 ± 2.34a 202.03 ± 2.016b 203.77 ± 1.39a 198.10 ± 1.59b
Gln residues 11.93 ± 0.38a 11.33 ± 0.21b 15.42 ± 0.42a 13.06 ± 0.47a
Lys residues
54.84 ± 0.95a
54.08 ± 0.64a
34.88 ± 0.54a
35.29 ± 0.52a
Hydrogen bonding
Number of hydrogen bonds
within protein 880 ± 14a 838±7b 892 ± 14a 871 ± 18b
involving Gln residues 71±5a 76±7a 102±6b 117 ± 10a
involving Lys residues
47±6a
43±5a
39±4b
36±1a
Number of hydrogen bonds between solute and water
protein – water 1752 ± 27a 1714 ± 28b 1501 ± 26a 1424 ± 23b
Gln residues – water 119±5a 120±5a 166±9a 126±7b
Lys residues – water 188 ±8a 183±7a 137±7a 128±6b

For a soy protein (7S or 11S), values from a line that share same superscript letter (a, b) are not significantly different (p > 0.05).