Abstract:Soy lipophilic protein (LP) and hydroxypropyl methylcellulose (HPMC) can form an LP-HPMC complex spontaneously after being combined under neutral conditions (pH value 7.4), but there are still some selfassembled LP and HPMC presented in solution. At present, the research still can not achieve the maximum compounding degree of LP-HPMC and the target of the most binding sites. Fluorescence and infrared spectroscopy were used to study the effects of different ultrahigh pressure treatments on the degree of LP-HPMC compounding and the force. The effects of ultrahigh pressure on structureactivity relationship of structural changes and functional properties of LP-HPMC were analyzed by emulsion activity and emulsion stability measurement, surface hydrophobicity analysis and dynamic light scattering particle size analysis. The results showed that the LP-HPMC complex was bound by noncovalent interaction and the secondary structure of the protein was changed accordingly. When the pressure was 400MPa, the maximum solubility and minimum surface hydrophobic value of the composite were 41.1% and 57.832, respectively, and the emulsification activity and emulsion stability index were also the best.