Acta Agriculturae Zhejiangensis ›› 2025, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (12): 2593-2601.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1004-1524.20240889

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Study on the process of modifying antihypertensive peptides from yak milk casein via plastein reaction

WANG Jiwen1(), GUO Xingchen1,2, LI Huaxin1, CHEN Ying1, ZHOU Chenggang3, YANG Zhong3, GAO Dandan1,*()   

  1. 1. China-Malaysia National Joint Laboratory, Biomedical Research Center, Northwest Minzu University, Lanzhou 730030, China
    2. College of Life Science and Engineering, Northwest Minzu University, Lanzhou 730124, China
    3. The No. 2 People’s Hospital of Lanzhou, Lanzhou 730046, China
  • Received:2024-10-17 Online:2025-12-25 Published:2026-01-09

Abstract:

Food-derived antihypertensive peptides can inhibit the activity of angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) through competitive inhibition or non-competitive inhibition, thereby achieving the effect of lowering blood pressure, which are food functional factors with great development prospects. In this study, yak milk casein, a characteristic resource of the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau, was used as the raw material to prepare antihypertensive peptides by fermentation. The plastein reaction was employed to modify the prepared antihypertensive peptides to enhance their ACE inhibitory activity. The effects of different exogenous amino acid modifiers on the ACE inhibition rate of the product and the reduction rate of free amino acids content were analyzed. On the basis of single-factor experiments, the response surface methodology was combined to optimize the process conditions of the plastein reaction. The results showed that the optimal process parameters were as follows: proline as the exogenous amino acid, reaction temperature of 53 ℃, pH value of 7.0, neutral protease addition amount of 4 813 U·g-1, and reaction time of 3 h. Under these conditions, the ACE inhibition rate of the product could reach (80.18±0.28)%. This study can provide a theoretical basis for the development and utilization of food-derived antihypertensive peptides, and offer new ideas for the development of characteristic food resources and the improvement of added value in the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau region.

Key words: yak milk casein, antihypertensive peptide, plastein reaction, response surface optimization

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