Status : Verified
Personal Name Ang, Nadia Martina B.
Resource Title In silico screening of potential bioactive peptides in milkfish (Chanos chanos) muscle proteins
Date Issued 26 June 2023
Abstract Identification and isolation of bioactive peptides from fish sources is an emerging research area for their potential use as ingredients in functional foods and nutraceuticals. Bioinformatics tools provide a more cost-effective and time saving method for predicting potential bioactivities in proteins and aiding experimental methods by guiding enzyme selection for producing fish protein hydrolysates (FPHs). Thus, this study used the in silico tool BIOPEP-Uniwesytet WarmiƄsko-Mazurski (BIOPEP-UWM) to evaluate the potential of ten representative milkfish (Chanos chanos) muscle proteins to release bioactive peptides with 12 proteases and two enzyme combinations. Results revealed that milkfish is a potentially rich source of antioxidant and angiotensin-converting-enzyme (ACE) inhibiting peptides. Pepsin, papain, and bromelain were most effective in liberating ACE inhibitors while proteinase K, pepsin, and ficin were most successful in releasing antioxidant peptides. Combinations of gastrointestinal (GI) enzymes were also shown to release large amounts of both ACE inhibitors and antioxidants. Furthermore, using PeptideRanker, 40 novel peptides were identified after proteolysis. Additional bioinformatic tools like AllerTop, PeptideCutter, ToxinPred, AHTPin, and AnOxPePred were also used in the study to characterize selected novel peptides on their allergenicity, resistance to GI digestion, toxicity, and predicted antihypertensive and antioxidant activities. The present work suggests that C. chanos is a good source of ACE inhibiting and antioxidant peptides and that in silico approaches can serve as theoretical basis for future in vitro and in vivo research on bioactive peptides from C. chanos proteins.
Degree Course Bachelor of Science in Food Technology.
Language English
Keyword Milkfish -- Philippines; Fishery processing -- Philippines; Food -- Protein content -- Philippines
Material Type Thesis/Dissertation
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Category : F - Regular work, i.e., it has no patentable invention or creation, the author does not wish for personal publication, there is no confidential information.
 
Access Permission : Open Access