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Enriching antimicrobial peptides from milk hydrolysates using pectin/ alginate food-gels

Journal

FOOD CHEMISTRY
Volume 352, Issue -, Pages -

Publisher

ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2021.129220

Keywords

Antimicrobial peptide; Gel enrichment; Pectin; Alginate; Casein; Hydrolysate; Bioinformatics; Peptidomics

Funding

  1. Enterprise Ireland [TC2013-0001, TC2018-0025]
  2. Science Foundation Ireland [12/RI/2346 [3]]

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Research enriching cationic antimicrobial peptides from milk hydrolysates using pectin/alginate gels showed strong antimicrobial effects against various bacterial strains, highlighting the potential of pectin/alginate food-gels based processes as safe and cost-effective methods for separating and enriching antimicrobial peptides.
Cationic antimicrobial peptides have raised interest as attractive alternatives to classical antibiotics, and also have utility in preventing food spoilage. We set out to enrich cationic antimicrobial peptides from milk hydrolysates using gels containing various ratios of anionic pectin/alginate. All processes were carried out with foodgrade materials in order to suggest food-safe methods suited for producing food ingredients or supplements. Hydrolysed caseinate peptides retained in the gel fraction, identified by mass spectrometry, were enriched for potential antimicrobial peptides, as judged by a computational predictor of antimicrobial activity. Peptides retained in a 60:40 pectin:alginate gel fraction had a strong antimicrobial effect against 8 tested bacterial strains with a minimal inhibitory concentration of 1.5?5 mg/mL, while the unfractionated hydrolysate only had a detectable effect in one of the eight strains. Among 110 predicted antimicrobial peptides in the gel fraction, four are known antimicrobial peptides, HKEMPFPK, TTMPLW, YYQQKPVA and AVPYPQR. These results highlight the potential of pectin/alginate food-gels based processes as safe, fast, cost-effective methods to separate and enrich for antimicrobial peptides from complex food protein hydrolysates. (funded by Science Foundation Ireland (12/RI/2346 [3]).

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