Thermal stability of the complex formed between carotenoids from sea buckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides L.) and bovine β-lactoglobulin

Contact mapping for the β-LG-BC complex equilibrated at 25 °C (a) and 90 °C (b). The amino acids from the β-LG binding surface which are involved in hydrophobic contacts with BC molecule (named Bcr163) are represented by an arc with spokes radiating toward the ligand atoms they contact. The figures were drawn using LigPlot +.141