Table 2.

Functional roles of bioactive peptides synthesized by aminopeptidases

Bioactive peptides	Functional applications	Reference
Pro-containing peptides	Nutraceutical properties	Yamamoto et al. 2010
Pro-Hyp	Stimulates growth of fibroblasts from mouse skin	Shigemura et al. 2009
Pro-Arg	Defensive activity against oxidative stress and cell damage	Meyer et al. 2009
Val-Pro-Pro Ile-Pro-Pro	Angiotensin I-converting enzyme inhibition	Meyer et al. 2009
Cyclo (Pro-Pro)	Antibacterial activity against Micrococcus luteus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa	Huberman et al. 2007
Cyclo (Pro-Phe)	Caspase 3 activation	Brauns et al. 2005
Bioactive peptides from skimmed milk hydrolysate	Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibition	Pan et al. 2005
Bioactive peptides from whey protein hydrolysates	Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibition	Cheung et al. 2015