Andreas Schwaighofer, Heinz Anderle, Martin Lemmerer
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Abstract
Determination of the protein secondary structure is a key task in academic and industrial fields related to biotechnology and the pharmaceutical sciences. Spectroscopic techniques offer the potential for rapid estimation of individual shares of secondary structures. In this work, 17 model proteins with known secondary structure were analysed by infrared (IR), Raman, far-UV circular dichroism (CD) spectroscopy and polarimetry. The recorded spectra were evaluated using PLS analysis (IR, Raman) and multiple dedicated algorithms (far-UV CD). Resulting figures of merit were compared and the application parameters of each spectroscopic technique were discussed. The best results were obtained from PLS models of IR and Raman spectra for the estimation of α-helix and β-sheet secondary structures. Far-UV CD spectroscopy combined with the CONTINLL algorithm achieved good figures of merit for α-helix and β-sheet. Polarimetry was shown to give good results for the analysis of α-helix.
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Spectrochimica Acta, Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy (SAA) is an interdisciplinary journal which spans from basic to applied aspects of optical spectroscopy in chemistry, medicine, biology, and materials science.
The journal publishes original scientific papers that feature high-quality spectroscopic data and analysis. From the broad range of optical spectroscopies, the emphasis is on electronic, vibrational or rotational spectra of molecules, rather than on spectroscopy based on magnetic moments.
Criteria for publication in SAA are novelty, uniqueness, and outstanding quality. Routine applications of spectroscopic techniques and computational methods are not appropriate.
Topics of particular interest of Spectrochimica Acta Part A include, but are not limited to:
Spectroscopy and dynamics of bioanalytical, biomedical, environmental, and atmospheric sciences,
Novel experimental techniques or instrumentation for molecular spectroscopy,
Novel theoretical and computational methods,
Novel applications in photochemistry and photobiology,
Novel interpretational approaches as well as advances in data analysis based on electronic or vibrational spectroscopy.