Authors

Lhumen A. Tejano et al., 2019 

Abstract

In the current study, isolated proteins from Chlorella sorokiniana were subjected to in silico analysis to predict potential peptides with biological activities. Combinations of different enzymes in hydrolysis were found to dispense a greater number of bioactive peptides from proteins compared to the use of individual proteases. The results suggest that the potential of the isolated protein of C. sorokiniana could be a source of high value products with potential for pharmaceutical and nutraceutical applications.

Importance for the Red Tecnomifood

The predictive result of the BIOPEP profile of the bioactive peptide tools suggested that C. sorokiniana proteins have the highest number of dipeptidyl peptidase IV (DPP IV) inhibitors. In silico analysis of enzymatic hydrolysis reveals that proteases can release a relatively greater amount of bioactive peptides useful in the search for bioactive peptides of proteins determined in other microalgae under study in the TECNOMIFOOD project.