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. 2014 Apr 3;144(6):815–820. doi: 10.3945/jn.113.185793

TABLE 2.

Number of unique peptides in milk of 3 mothers and in the gastric samples from their infants 2 h after ingestion of their mother’s milk that encompass or partially encompass known functional peptides

No. in milk No. in gastric sample Found peptide protein of origin Position in human protein Sequence in human protein Position in matched sequence Known functional peptide Activity Protein Reference
10 48 β-Casein 120–132 S1PTIPFFDPQIPK 120–132 Q1PTIPFFDPQIPK Immunomodulation Human β-casein (21)
0 8 β-Casein 66–73 YPFVEPIP 66–73 YPFVEPIP Opioid agonist Human β-casein (22)
20 30 β-Casein 200–226 QELLLNPTHQIYPVTQPLAPVHNPISV 200–226 QELLLNPTHQYPVTQPLAPVHNPISV Antibacterial Human β-casein (23)
3 4 β-Casein 53–57 DKIYP 47–51 DKIHP Antihypertensive Ovine β-casein (5)
22 25 β-Casein 101–106 VPKA2KD3 95–100 VPKV2KE3 Antihypertensive Ovine β-casein (5)
22 25 β-Casein 101–107 VPKA2KD3T 95–101 VPKV2KE3T Antihypertensive Ovine β-casein (5)
9 30 β-Casein 175–181 KVLPI4PQ 184–190 KVLPV4PQ Antihypertensive Bovine β-casein (24)
12 31 β-Casein 183–189 V2VPYPQR 192–198 A2VPYPQR (β-casokinin-7) Antihypertensive Bovine β-casein (25)
0 4 κ-Casein 55–58 YPYY 79–82 YPYY (casoxin-B) Opioid antagonist Bovine κ-casein (26)
1

Serine > glutamine amino acid polymorphism.

2

Alanine/valine replacement.

3

Aspartic acid/glutamic acid replacement.

4

Isoleucine/valine replacement.