Table 1 Secondary structural component analysis of native and UV-C irradiated α crystallin with increasing exposure of UV-C irradiation from (I) 0 min, (II) 30 min to (III) 90 min
From: Aberration in the structural paradigm of lens protein α crystallin by UV-C irradiation
Sample | Secondary structural component analysis by circular dichroism spectroscopy | |
|---|---|---|
Protein | α-Helix (%) | β-sheet (%) |
Native | 17.7 | 28.58 |
30 min | 18.71 | 26.38 |
60 min | 11.53 | 26.83 |
90 min | 4.11 | 28.13 |