Table 1 Secondary structure obtained from circular dichroism for βL-crystallin and ovalbumin exposed to different time intervals to red and green light.

From: Effects of green and red light in βL-crystallin and ovalbumin

Native

α-helix(%)

β-sheet(%)

β L -crystallin

10.4

38.0

Irradiated

Green 5.5 h

11.9

36.9

Red 5.5 h

11.7

37.8

Green 11 h

4.4

48.5

Red 11 h

2.7

49.4

Green 21 h

9.0

38.3

Red 21 h

2.3

51.1

Native

Ovalbumin

20.2

30.0

Irradiated

Green 5.5 h

20.7

30.5

Red 5.5 h

18.6

33.0

Green 11 h

21.3

29.7

Red 11 h

19.6

32.9

Green 21 h

21.4

30.8

Red 21 h

22

30.5

  1. The proportion of secondary structures was estimated from the deconvolution of CD spectra using the DICHROWEB online server with the CONTIN algorithm37.