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. 2021 Jun 18;28(10):5897–5905. doi: 10.1016/j.sjbs.2021.06.046

Table 1.

The main milk-derived bioactive peptides and their reported activities.

Milk proteins Bioactive peptide sequence Enzymes and LAB involved in their production Reported activities Reference
β-casein Val-Pro-Pro Lactobacillus helveticus
Lactobacillus delbrueckii ssp. bulgaricus
Streptococcus thermophilus
ACE inhibition (Donkor et al., 2007, Mohanty et al., 2016)
Ile-Pro-Pro Lactobacillus helveticus ACE inhibition (Seppo et al., 2003)
Lys-Val-Leu-Pro-Val-Pro-(Glu) Lactobacillus helveticus ACE inhibition (Mohanty et al., 2016)
Asp-Lys-Ile-His-Pro-Phe, Tyr-Gln-Glu-Pro- Val-Leu Lactobacillus rhamnosus
Pepsin
ACE inhibition (Mohanty et al., 2016)
Tyr-Gln-Glu-Pro-Val-Leu-Gly-Pro-Val-Arg-Gly-Pro-Phe-Pro-Ile-Ile-Val Lactobacillus casei Shirota ACE-inhibition Thrombin inhibition (Rojas-Ronquillo et al., 2012)
Leu-Asn-Val-Pro-Gly-Glu-Ile-Val-Glu Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus ACE inhibition (Gobbetti et al., 2000)
Asn-Ile-Pro-Pro-Leu-Thr-Gln-Thr-Pro-Val ND ACE inhibition (Gobbetti et al., 2000)
Leu-Asn-Val-pro-Gly-Glu-IleVal-Glu ND ACE inhibition (Gobbetti et al., 2000)
Pro-Pro-Leu-Thr-Gln-Thr-Pro-Val ND ACE inhibition (Gobbetti et al., 2000)
Tyr–Gln–Glu–Pro–Val–Leu Lactobacillus delbrueckii ssp. bulgaricus
Streptococcus thermophilus
ACE inhibition (Donkor et al., 2007)
Phe-Phe-Va1-A1a-Pro-Phe-ProG1u-Va1-Phe-G1y-Lys (CEI12) Trypsin and proline-specific endopeptidase ACE inhibition Bradykinin potentiation (Donkor et al., 2007)
Phe-Phe-Val-Ala-Pro (CEl5) Trypsin and proline-specific endopeptidase ACE inhibition Bradykinin potentiation (Donkor et al., 2007)
Ala-Val-Pro-Tyr-Pro-Gln-Arg (CElβ7)' Trypsin and proline-specific endopeptidase ACE inhibition Bradykinin potentiation (Donkor et al., 2007)
Tyr-Pro-Phe-Pro-Gly-Pro-Ile ND Opioid agonist activity
ACE inhibition Immunomodulation
(Nagpal et al., 2011)
Tyr-Gln-Gln-Pro-Val-Leu-Gly-Pro-Val-Arg ND ACE inhibition
Immunomodulation
(Nagpal et al., 2011)
Tyr-Pro-Phe-Pro, Ala-Val-Pro-Tyr-Pro-Gln Arg,Thr-Thr-Met-Pro-Leu-Trp Lactobacillus GG
Pepsin and trypsin
Opioid agonist activity
ACE inhibition Immunomodulation
(Mohanty et al., 2016)
k-casein Ala–Arg–His–Pro–His Lactobacillus delbrueckii ssp. bulgaricus
Streptococcus thermophilus
ACE inhibition (Donkor et al., 2007)
Val-Ile-Gly-Ser-Pro-Pro-Glu-Ile-Asn Lactobacillus lactis ssp. cremoris ACE inhibition (Gobbetti et al., 2000)
Ser-Pro-Pro-Glu-Ile-Asn Lactobacillus lactis ssp. cremoris ACE inhibition (Gobbetti et al., 2000)
Ala-Arg-His-Pro-His-Pro-His-Leu-Ser-Phe-met Lactobacillus delbrueckii ssp. bulgaricus Anti-oxidative activity (Mohanty et al., 2016)
Met-Ala-Ile-Pro-Pro-Lys-Lys-Asn-Gln-Asp-Lys ND Antithrombotic activity (Gobbetti et al., 2000)
Ser-Arg-Tyr-Pro-Ser-Tyr-OH ND Opioid antagonist activity (Gobbetti et al., 2000)
αS1-casein Thr-Thr-Met-Pro-Leu-Trp ND ACE inhibition
Immunomodulation
(Gobbetti et al., 2000)
Tyr-Lys-Val-Pro-Gln-Leu ND ACE inhibition (Gobbetti et al., 2000)
Arg-Tyr-Leu-Gly-Tyr-Leu ND Opioid agonist activity (Gobbetti et al., 2000)
Tyr-Leu-Gly-Tyr-Leu-Glu ND Opioid agonist activity (Gobbetti et al., 2000)
Val-Ala-Pro-Phe-Pro-Glu-Val-Phe Pepsin ACE inhibition
Anti-oxidative activity
(Contreras et al., 2009)
Arg-Tyr-Leu-Gly-Tyr Pepsin ACE inhibition
Anti-oxidative activity
(Contreras et al., 2009)
αS2-casein Tyr-Gln-Lys-Phe-Pro-Gln-Tyr Pepsin ACE inhibition
Anti-oxidative activity
(Contreras et al., 2009)

ACE, angiotensin-converting enzyme, LAB, lactic acid bacteria, ND, not determined.