Rice proteins and cod proteins forming shared microstructures with enhanced functional and nutritional properties

Low water solubility strictly limits the potential applications of plant or animal proteins such as rice proteins (RPs) and cod proteins (CPs). In this study, nanoscale hydrophilic colloidal co-assemblies (80 ~ 150 nm) with excellent water solubility were prepared by hydrating RPs and CPs at pH 12 combined with neutralization. The solubility of RPs was boosted to over 90% (w/v), while most of the subunits in CPs became fully soluble. Structural...